Sex crimes: R & B Singer R. Kelly Bags 30 Years Jail Term

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R. Kelly was handed a 30-year jail term on Wednesday for recruiting and trapping teenagers and women for sex.

Judge Ann Donnelly announced his sentence in the Brooklyn federal court nearly a year after the 55-year-old Kelly was convicted by a New York jury.

The US attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York broke the news on Twitter after the verdict was announced:

"R. Kelly" Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison https://t.co/Zwbb2KaWb3

— US Attorney EDNY (@EDNYnews) June 29, 2022

The prosecutors persuaded the court to jail the embattled singer for at least 25 years because according to them, R. Kelly poses a serious danger to the public.

The prosecutors' sentencing memo reads:

His actions were brazen, manipulative, controlling and coercive. He has shown no remorse or respect for the law.

The trial of the R & B superstar began when he was found guilty on all nine charges he faced, including the most serious of racketeering.

However, Kelly's jury selection for a federal trial is due on August in Chicago in a separate, long-delayed case. In that case, the embattled singer and two of his ex-associates are alleged to have rigged the singer’s 2008 pornography trial and hid years of sexual abuse of minors.

Robert Sylvester Kelly also faces prosecution in two other state jurisdictions.

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