Latest R. Kelly News

Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly 's challenge of 20-year sentence

Apr. 26, 2024 13:06 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on three charges of producing...

Singer R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term

Mar. 18, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s lawyer told an appeals court Monday that all kinds of legitimate organizations — even college fraternities — could be deemed racketeering organizations under a law used to convict the R&B superstar at his Brooklyn trial of sexually abusing young fans,...