{"id":13632,"date":"2022-06-29T18:37:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13632"},"modified":"2022-06-29T18:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T01:37:13","slug":"r-kelly-is-sentenced-to-30-years-for-scheme-to-lure-children-into-sex-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13632","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;R. Kelly Is Sentenced to 30 Years for Scheme to Lure Children Into Sex&#8221;, The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Troy Closson, June 29, 2022<\/p>\n<p><em>The R&amp;B singer, 55, is likely to spend much of the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of years of psychological and sexual abuse.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<header class=\"live-blog-header css-15pqu78\" data-source-id=\"100000008415942\" data-testid=\"FeedLede\">\n<div class=\"css-jbtq1o\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"live-blog-header-timestamp css-1c95nef\"><time class=\"css-26ffy2 e16638kd2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T18:40:23-04:00\"><\/time><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-header1\/29rkelly-header1-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-header1\/29rkelly-header1-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-header1\/29rkelly-header1-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-r3fift\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-header1\/29rkelly-header1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-header1\/29rkelly-header1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-header1\/29rkelly-header1-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-header1\/29rkelly-header1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"R. Kelly, right, was charged with racketeering and violating a sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1l3p632 e1g7ppur0\"><figcaption class=\"css-xaa95i ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">R. Kelly, right, was charged with racketeering and violating a sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span>Amr Alfiky\/Associated Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"live-feed\">\n<section id=\"live-feed-items\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"live-blog-post css-1xecbzu\" data-testid=\"live-blog-post\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#r-kelly-racketeering-sex-abuse\" data-source-id=\"100000008421296\">\n<div class=\"live-blog-post-headline css-j3uhc5\">\n<h2 id=\"post-title-QXJ0aWNsZTpueXQ6Ly9hcnRpY2xlL2Q0YmU3MGZhLTI4NGQtNWEyYS1iMjNlLTdmYWIzN2U3ZjFmMw==\" class=\"css-h501kn eoo0vm40\"><a class=\"css-etxl5s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#r-kelly-racketeering-sex-abuse\">R. Kelly, R&amp;B Star Who Long Evaded Justice, Is Sentenced to 30 Years<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Thirty-one years ago, R. Kelly, a budding R&amp;B artist from Chicago in his mid-20s, was signed to his first major record label. Around the same time, he began having sex with a 15-year-old girl, according to her subsequent lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The accusations mounted over the decades. They grew increasingly heinous. They spilled into public view. Still, the singer who became a superstar leaned on his fame to mask the predator under the persona \u2014 and to shield himself from consequences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday, Mr. Kelly, 55, could no longer escape the fallout: He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking. As the judge read out his term, he did not react, and outside, his victims expressed deep relief at the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The sentencing that followed a September conviction culminated Mr. Kelly\u2019s staggering downfall, from a chart-topping hitmaker known as the king of R&amp;B to a pariah whose musical legacy has become inextricable from his abuses. His trial exposed harrowing and systematic torment directed by the musician and enabled by those in his orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly, who presided over the federal trial in Brooklyn, said in court that \u201cfew crimes more serious\u201d than Mr. Kelly\u2019s exist, and that he had manipulated girls and women. \u201cYou taught them that love is enslavement and violence,\u201d the judge said, recalling the scenarios he created to wreak primal humiliation on them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis case is not about sex. It\u2019s about violence and cruelty and control,\u201d Judge Donnelly said. \u201cYou had a system in place that lured young people into your orbit \u2014 and then you took over their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kelly\u2019s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, said outside the courthouse that she would appeal the sentence. She had sought 10 years. Mr. Kelly was prepared for prison, she said, but \u201chas regrets and is sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kelly was among the most successful American musicians of the 1990s and 2000s, as chart-topping hits like \u201cI Believe I Can Fly\u201d and \u201cIgnition (Remix)\u201d catapulted him to some of the world\u2019s largest stages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But as the entertainer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, crafted an image as a sex symbol, he exploited access to young fans and aspiring musicians to fulfill his desires, the government said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">For an hour in court on Wednesday, seven women and one of their fathers delivered wrenching accounts, describing the devastation of their sense of self-worth, and how the trauma continues to touch every facet of their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">One woman, known in court only by the pseudonym Jane Doe No. 2, said she had sex with the entertainer in 1999 when she was 17, and said she still often finds herself \u201csobbing uncontrollably at random times of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI was a teenager. And you were a pedophile, ready to ruin another young lady\u2019s life\u201d the woman said. \u201cYou made me do things that broke me. I literally wished that I could die because of how you made me feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">She had first encountered Mr. Kelly with hopes of helping a friend land an audition, she said, but the singer coerced her into sex. The courtroom grew tense at one point as Mr. Kelly and his lawyer whispered at their table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m sorry I don\u2019t want to interrupt his conversation,\u201d she interrupted, pausing until the room returned to silence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll ever be whole,\u201d the woman continued. \u201cWhat you did has left a permanent stain on my life that I will never be able to wash away. I\u2019m sure you never think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">After the women told their stories, Mr. Kelly declined to speak. He still faces an Aug. 15 trial in Chicago on federal charges for producing child pornography and luring minors into sex acts, which his lawyer said prompted the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The facade that federal prosecutors said long protected the singer began to crumble in the late 2010s, after years of inaction despite whispers about his abuse throughout the music industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The explosion of the #MeToo movement had coincided with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/01\/arts\/music\/r-kelly-timesup-metoo-muterkelly.html\">a protest campaign against his music<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/04\/arts\/television\/surviving-r-kelly-2.html\">a troubling Lifetime documentary on his treatment of women<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/jimderogatis\/r-kelly-underage-woman-speaks-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the new accusations of accusers and their families<\/a>. This time, the scrutiny was too much to evade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday, the women in court said that the moment was a long-awaited catharsis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe reclaim our names from beneath the shadow of your inflicted trauma,\u201d said a woman who spoke in court under a pseudonym, but identified herself to reporters as Jovante outside the court. \u201cWe are no longer the preyed-upon individuals we once were. We will be able to live again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1l3p632 e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\">\n<div class=\"css-zm41gc\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall2\/merlin_209336361_ccb4354b-97ca-43ff-8efc-b144ae0a0872-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall2\/merlin_209336361_ccb4354b-97ca-43ff-8efc-b144ae0a0872-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall2\/merlin_209336361_ccb4354b-97ca-43ff-8efc-b144ae0a0872-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall2\/merlin_209336361_ccb4354b-97ca-43ff-8efc-b144ae0a0872-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall2\/merlin_209336361_ccb4354b-97ca-43ff-8efc-b144ae0a0872-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall2\/merlin_209336361_ccb4354b-97ca-43ff-8efc-b144ae0a0872-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall2\/merlin_209336361_ccb4354b-97ca-43ff-8efc-b144ae0a0872-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"The woman who identified herself as Jovante, center, one of the accusers who spoke at the sentencing hearing in Brooklyn.\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-xaa95i ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">The woman who identified herself as Jovante, center, one of the accusers who spoke at the sentencing hearing in Brooklyn.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span>Stephanie Keith for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Ms. Bonjean argued in court that the government\u2019s portrayal of Mr. Kelly as a \u201cone-dimensional\u201d predator and \u201cevil monster\u201d was misguided, and that he endured childhood challenges \u2014 including his own sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Starting around age 6, she said, the singer was molested, sometimes on a \u201cweekly basis.\u201d Ms. Bonjean said it was not an excuse, but a consideration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Indeed, the judge considered copious trial evidence in her decision. The government called 45 witnesses, including 11 victims who painstakingly recounted Mr. Kelly\u2019s brutality. Jurors were also confronted with hours of jarring audio and video recordings, including one in which, at the singer\u2019s behest, a woman sullied herself with her own waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Other accounts were similarly disquieting. One of two men who testified that they were sexually abused by Mr. Kelly recalled a moment when he was at the singer\u2019s home gym in Illinois. Mr. Kelly snapped his fingers twice, he said, and a \u201cyoung lady\u201d crawled out from under a boxing ring to perform sex acts on them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI will never forget that,\u201d Judge Donnelly said of the story. She added that she was baffled by the hundreds of enablers who surrounded the singer. \u201cI don\u2019t know why all these people turned a blind eye,\u201d said the judge, who also ordered Mr. Kelly to pay a $100,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The case, like other high-profile #MeToo era prosecutions, illustrated how powerful people in a fame-besotted age can skirt consequences, even as accusations of sexual misconduct persist for decades. Many people were familiar with similar allegations about the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby, the comedian.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1l3p632 e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\">\n<div class=\"css-zm41gc\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall3\/merlin_209336325_6eeef501-2fbd-4f26-979e-bca89dcc4c39-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall3\/merlin_209336325_6eeef501-2fbd-4f26-979e-bca89dcc4c39-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall3\/merlin_209336325_6eeef501-2fbd-4f26-979e-bca89dcc4c39-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall3\/merlin_209336325_6eeef501-2fbd-4f26-979e-bca89dcc4c39-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall3\/merlin_209336325_6eeef501-2fbd-4f26-979e-bca89dcc4c39-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall3\/merlin_209336325_6eeef501-2fbd-4f26-979e-bca89dcc4c39-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-ledeall3\/merlin_209336325_6eeef501-2fbd-4f26-979e-bca89dcc4c39-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Mr. Kelly\u2019s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, argued in court that the government\u2019s portrayal of Mr. Kelly as a \u201cone-dimensional\u201d predator and \u201cevil monster\u201d was misguided. She said she would appeal.\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-xaa95i ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Mr. Kelly\u2019s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, argued in court that the government\u2019s portrayal of Mr. Kelly as a \u201cone-dimensional\u201d predator and \u201cevil monster\u201d was misguided. She said she would appeal.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span>Stephanie Keith for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The race of Mr. Kelly\u2019s accusers also may have been consequential: Black women have historically been more likely than white women to have abuse accusations distrusted or dismissed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere wasn\u2019t a day in my life, up until this moment, that I actually believed that the judicial system would come through for Black and brown girls,\u201d Jovante said outside the courthouse. \u201cI stand here, very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">For Mr. Kelly, questions about his encounters with women burst into the public after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/features\/editorial\/r-kellys-dec-1994-jan-1995-cover-story-superfreak-629059\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vibe magazine reported<\/a> on his illegal marriage in 1994 to the R&amp;B star Aaliyah, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/20\/nyregion\/r-kelly-trial-racketeering.html\">when she was 15 and he was 27<\/a>. Six years later, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2000\/12\/21\/18423229\/r-kelly-accused-of-sex-with-teenage-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Chicago Sun-Times published an investigation<\/a>into accusations that the singer was having sex with underage girls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Through it all, Mr. Kelly\u2019s stardom remained intact, even during a criminal trial in 2008, that centered on an infamous 27-minute tape that appeared to show him having sex with an underage girl. (He was acquitted on all counts after the girl declined to testify at trial.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The singer performed at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics on the same day Chicago police revealed they were investigating him. Hours after the singer pleaded not guilty to the charges that led to his 2008 trial, he sang alongside children at a church in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Through the mid-2010s, he headlined major music festivals while collaborating with stars, from Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, to Jennifer Hudson and Chance the Rapper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">And as Mr. Kelly continues to retain a sizable base of support, one victim\u2019s father, who gave his name as Charles in court on Wednesday, detailed the threats and intense harassment his family has endured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI do want to ask you, Mr. Kelly, to look at me, and just think what I might be feeling. Put yourself in my shoes,\u201d Charles pleaded as he turned to face him. \u201cWe\u2019re suffering because so many people love you. They hate us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Charles told the singer he did not harbor ill will toward him, and encouraged him to seek forgiveness from God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cBut for him to forgive you, you have to admit what you\u2019ve done,\u201d Charles said. \u201cSo it\u2019s up to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The singer\u2019s gaze remained fixed on the table in front of him, and never met the man\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-1cvg7p1 etfikam0\">Chelsia Rose Marcius and Hurubie Meko contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"live-blog-post-content related-links-block css-1fl6w2g epkadsg3\">\n<div class=\"css-1j1bbkf epkadsg0\">Other Coverage of R. Kelly\u2019s Case<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-nx1ff epkadsg2\">\n<div class=\"css-8dhyd3 e16ij5yr7\">\n<div class=\"css-1pksd7f e16ij5yr0\"><img class=\"css-1p6jru7 e16ij5yr1\" sizes=\"(max-width:740px) 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/09\/28\/arts\/28kelly-industry1\/28kelly-industry1-thumbLarge.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/09\/28\/arts\/28kelly-industry1\/28kelly-industry1-threeByTwoSmallAt2X.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1l19kgc e16ij5yr5\">\n<div class=\"css-gz0gie e16ij5yr3\">After R. Kelly\u2019s Conviction, Can the Music Industry Change?<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1g7pp1u e16638kd1\">Sept. 28, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-8dhyd3 e16ij5yr7\">\n<div class=\"css-1pksd7f e16ij5yr0\"><img class=\"css-1p6jru7 e16ij5yr1\" sizes=\"(max-width:740px) 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/09\/28\/nyregion\/28kelly-metoo03\/28kelly-metoo03-thumbLarge.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/09\/28\/nyregion\/28kelly-metoo03\/28kelly-metoo03-threeByTwoSmallAt2X.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1l19kgc e16ij5yr5\">\n<div class=\"css-gz0gie e16ij5yr3\">How the Black Women Around R. Kelly\u2019s Case Feel About His Conviction<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1g7pp1u e16638kd1\">Sept. 28, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-8dhyd3 e16ij5yr7\">\n<div class=\"css-1pksd7f e16ij5yr0\"><img class=\"css-1p6jru7 e16ij5yr1\" sizes=\"(max-width:740px) 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/19\/arts\/18rkelly-walkup1\/18rkelly-walkup1-thumbLarge.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/19\/arts\/18rkelly-walkup1\/18rkelly-walkup1-threeByTwoSmallAt2X.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1l19kgc e16ij5yr5\">\n<div class=\"css-gz0gie e16ij5yr3\">With R. Kelly on Trial, What Has Become of His Music?<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1g7pp1u e16638kd1\">Aug. 18, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"live-blog-post css-1ai48ty\" data-testid=\"live-blog-post\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#r-kelly-chicago-trial-august\" data-source-id=\"100000008417943\">\n<div id=\"r-kelly-chicago-trial-august\" class=\"css-608m5d\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"live-blog-post-headline css-j3uhc5\">\n<h2 id=\"post-title-QXJ0aWNsZTpueXQ6Ly9hcnRpY2xlL2Y4Yjk5YzUxLTkyNzctNThjMy1iNzVjLWU0NmIxZTFlYTUxYg==\" class=\"css-h501kn eoo0vm40\"><a class=\"css-etxl5s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#r-kelly-chicago-trial-august\">R. Kelly will face a second federal trial, set for August.<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-z3e15g\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper-hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1a48zt4 e11si9ry5\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1l3p632 e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\">\n<div class=\"css-zm41gc\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001\/29rkelly-sentencing-chicago-001-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"R. Kelly leaves a courthouse in Chicago after a hearing in 2019.\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-xaa95i ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">R. Kelly leaves a courthouse in Chicago after a hearing in 2019.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span>Kamil Krzaczynski\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">For the victims of the R&amp;B singer R. Kelly, his sentencing in New York on Wednesday has been long awaited, arriving after decades of accusations of sexual and physical abuse. But Wednesday\u2019s decision aside, the former entertainer will remain in deep legal peril \u2014 and any prison term he faces could still ultimately grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kelly is scheduled to stand trial again in Chicago on Aug. 15, where he faces federal charges for producing child pornography and luring minors into sex acts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">It will arrive 14 years after his first Illinois trial, a high-profile affair in 2008 where he was acquitted of more than a dozen counts of child pornography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Now, prosecutors say that Mr. Kelly and two former employees, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, tried to manipulate the case\u2019s outcome, paying off witnesses and victims to buy their cooperation. One man, for example, received about $170,000 in 2008 to cancel a news conference where he was set to announce he had video evidence of the singer\u2019s illegal sexual behavior, the indictment claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kelly and his two former employees have pleaded not guilty to the allegations. Mr. Kelly also faces other state sex crime charges in Illinois and accusations of prostitution with a minor in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The scene at the Chicago courthouse could be far different from the New York trial, where just a few supporters of Mr. Kelly arrived to watch the proceedings each day. Throughout his career, Mr. Kelly leaned on his deep connections to Chicago, his hometown, and has retained a sizable group of fans in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Still, the August trial is not expected to fully mirror the atmosphere around his first case, when Mr. Kelly was invited to perform alongside children at a Chicago church the same day that he pleaded not guilty to the child pornography accusations. As he left the courthouse upon his acquittal, Mr. Kelly saluted a large contingent of supporters, who cheered, with little pushback from others in the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"036f2e16-f1cb-5ba6-a66c-2a18ce2acd13\" class=\"live-blog-reporter-update css-e7mcev regular-update\" data-testid=\"reporter-update\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#036f2e16-f1cb-5ba6-a66c-2a18ce2acd13\">\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Lizzette Martinez, one of the victims who spoke earlier at the hearing, told reporters she was an \u201cup and coming singer, a girl full of life\u201d before she met R. Kelly and became \u201ca sex slave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">\u201cI personally don\u2019t think it\u2019s enough but I\u2019m pleased with it,\u201d she said of his 30-year sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"d3114b7c-0ba1-5ace-acf1-f7eff21daa43\" class=\"live-blog-reporter-update css-e7mcev regular-update\" data-testid=\"reporter-update\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#d3114b7c-0ba1-5ace-acf1-f7eff21daa43\">\n<div class=\"css-1yavyxu\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><span class=\"css-13xl2ke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/icons\/t_logo_291_black.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\">\n<div class=\"css-ki347z\"><span class=\"css-1stvlmo\">June 29, 2022, 3:57 p.m. ET<\/span><span class=\"css-kpxlkr\">5 hours ago<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-3rgdz2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T19:57:02.000Z\"><\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">5 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-14uetg2 e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Chelsia Rose Marcius<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Gloria Allred, the lawyer for the victims, addressed reporters outside of the courthouse, with at least one of the women who gave statements today behind her. \u201cThey wanted the court to understand their pain,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">\u201cTogether they were able to fight his power by becoming empowered,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m proud of all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Allred said they are \u201crelieved he has been sent to prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">\u201cProtecting other girls has been a major goal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"948c1699-3491-5fd8-b93a-398a94e2fe8e\" class=\"live-blog-reporter-update css-e7mcev regular-update\" data-testid=\"reporter-update\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#948c1699-3491-5fd8-b93a-398a94e2fe8e\">\n<div class=\"css-1yavyxu\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><span class=\"css-13xl2ke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/icons\/t_logo_291_black.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\">\n<div class=\"css-ki347z\"><span class=\"css-1stvlmo\">June 29, 2022, 3:49 p.m. ET<\/span><span class=\"css-kpxlkr\">6 hours ago<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-3rgdz2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T19:49:02.000Z\"><\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">6 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-14uetg2 e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Chelsia Rose Marcius<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Breon S. Peace, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, spoke to reporters outside the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is a significant outcome for all victims of R. Kelly,\u201d he said. &#8220;He continued committing his crimes for almost 30 years and avoided punishment \u2014 until today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-glaygc\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1l3p632 e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\">\n<div class=\"css-zm41gc\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace\/merlin_209336613_f4cd1e6d-a408-4688-b11a-0fc753cd2b4d-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace\/merlin_209336613_f4cd1e6d-a408-4688-b11a-0fc753cd2b4d-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace\/merlin_209336613_f4cd1e6d-a408-4688-b11a-0fc753cd2b4d-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-peace\/merlin_209336613_f4cd1e6d-a408-4688-b11a-0fc753cd2b4d-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-xaa95i ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span>Stephanie Keith for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"43b12fb9-9688-565b-85dd-67253214f1d5\" class=\"live-blog-reporter-update css-e7mcev regular-update\" data-testid=\"reporter-update\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#43b12fb9-9688-565b-85dd-67253214f1d5\">\n<div class=\"css-1yavyxu\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><span class=\"css-13xl2ke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/icons\/t_logo_291_black.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\">\n<div class=\"css-ki347z\"><span class=\"css-1stvlmo\">June 29, 2022, 3:44 p.m. ET<\/span><span class=\"css-kpxlkr\">6 hours ago<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-3rgdz2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T19:44:15.000Z\"><\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">6 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-14uetg2 e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Chelsia Rose Marcius<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Jennifer Bonjean, R. Kelly&#8217;s lawyer, spoke to the press outside of the courthouse. \u201cHe\u2019s not a predator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe was prepared for it,\u201d she said of Kelly\u2019s reaction to the sentencing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe has regrets and he is sad,\u201d she added. \u201cHe disagrees with the characterizations that have been made about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-glaygc\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1l3p632 e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\">\n<div class=\"css-zm41gc\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean\/merlin_209336082_86273fa0-854f-4fcd-85eb-c94bab19e376-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean\/merlin_209336082_86273fa0-854f-4fcd-85eb-c94bab19e376-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean\/merlin_209336082_86273fa0-854f-4fcd-85eb-c94bab19e376-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-reporter-updates-bonjean\/merlin_209336082_86273fa0-854f-4fcd-85eb-c94bab19e376-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-xaa95i ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span>Stephanie Keith for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"1a94e46e-34e6-5ea4-a2a3-287dc8ce71eb\" class=\"live-blog-reporter-update css-e7mcev regular-update\" data-testid=\"reporter-update\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#1a94e46e-34e6-5ea4-a2a3-287dc8ce71eb\">\n<div class=\"css-1yavyxu\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><span class=\"css-13xl2ke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/icons\/t_logo_291_black.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\">\n<div class=\"css-ki347z\"><span class=\"css-1stvlmo\">June 29, 2022, 3:21 p.m. ET<\/span><span class=\"css-kpxlkr\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-3rgdz2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T19:21:02.000Z\"><\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-14uetg2 e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Hurubie Meko<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Judge Ann M. Donnelly said that her sentence is one \u201cI would have imposed regardless of the guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Donnelly spent minutes detailing instances of abuse and violence that were brought up during the trial, and addressed Kelly directly about what he did to his victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese crimes were calculated and carefully planned and regularly executed for almost 25 years,\u201d she said. \u201cYou taught them that love is enslavement and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"daa63370-e0c8-5f75-9457-bbb12bdc649f\" class=\"live-blog-reporter-update css-e7mcev regular-update\" data-testid=\"reporter-update\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#daa63370-e0c8-5f75-9457-bbb12bdc649f\">\n<div class=\"css-1yavyxu\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><span class=\"css-13xl2ke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/icons\/t_logo_291_black.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\">\n<div class=\"css-ki347z\"><span class=\"css-1stvlmo\">June 29, 2022, 3:14 p.m. ET<\/span><span class=\"css-kpxlkr\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-3rgdz2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T19:14:37.000Z\"><\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-14uetg2 e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Hurubie Meko<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Prior to his sentencing, R. Kelly declined to make a statement, because of pending litigation, his attorney said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">When asked directly by the judge, he said: \u201cYes your honor, that is my wish.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\"ae9bf212-fa47-5483-90e0-74f190d91cdf\" class=\"live-blog-reporter-update css-e7mcev regular-update\" data-testid=\"reporter-update\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#ae9bf212-fa47-5483-90e0-74f190d91cdf\">\n<div class=\"css-1yavyxu\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><span class=\"css-13xl2ke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/icons\/t_logo_291_black.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\">\n<div class=\"css-ki347z\"><span class=\"css-1stvlmo\">June 29, 2022, 3:14 p.m. ET<\/span><span class=\"css-kpxlkr\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-3rgdz2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T19:14:15.000Z\"><\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-14uetg2 e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Chelsia Rose Marcius<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-daiqw4 evys1bk0\">Judge Ann M. Donnelly told R. Kelly that \u201cthe public has to be protected from behaviors like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"live-blog-post css-1ai48ty\" data-testid=\"live-blog-post\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#who-is-the-judge-who-sentenced-r-kelly\" data-source-id=\"100000008418238\">\n<div id=\"who-is-the-judge-who-sentenced-r-kelly\" class=\"css-608m5d\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"live-blog-meta css-1g3itdy\">\n<div class=\"css-yf9s2t\" data-testid=\"live-blog-byline\"><span class=\"css-13xl2ke\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/icons\/t_logo_291_black.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1ppjtba\">\n<div class=\"css-ki347z\"><span class=\"css-1stvlmo\">June 29, 2022, 3:10 p.m. ET<\/span><span class=\"css-kpxlkr\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-xtl8uk\"><time class=\"css-3rgdz2\" datetime=\"2022-06-29T19:10:14.456Z\"><\/time><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">June 29, 2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-14uetg2 e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\"><a class=\"css-n8ff4n e1jsehar0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/troy-closson\">Troy Closson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"live-blog-post-headline css-j3uhc5\">\n<h2 id=\"post-title-QXJ0aWNsZTpueXQ6Ly9hcnRpY2xlLzJjNmY0MDJiLTAzZjMtNTNlMS04Yzc0LTE3MmU5OTdmNjgyYg==\" class=\"css-h501kn eoo0vm40\"><a class=\"css-etxl5s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/-r-kelly-sentencing-news#who-is-the-judge-who-sentenced-r-kelly\">Who is the judge who sentenced R. Kelly?<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Ann M. Donnelly, the judge who sentenced the former R&amp;B artist R. Kelly, was thrust into the national spotlight after former President Donald J. Trump\u2019s executive order that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/27\/us\/politics\/trump-syrian-refugees.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=U.S.&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=Marginalia&amp;pgtype=article\">barred refugees<\/a>from entering the United States. Judge Donnelly ruled that the order could lead to \u201cirreparable harm\u201d if travelers were sent home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">She once again made a high-profile decision, handing down Mr. Kelly\u2019s sentence on Wednesday, which could leave him with life in prison, despite his defense lawyers\u2019 request for 10 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-1m53jiu e1g7ppur0\">\n<div class=\"css-zgakxe erfvjey0\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Image<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-zm41gc\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\"><picture class=\"css-1j5kxti\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge-popup.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"50vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 543w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/06\/29\/nyregion\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge\/29rkelly-sentencing-judge-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 543w\" alt=\"Ann M. Donnelly, who will consider a sentence for R. Kelly, is a former Manhattan prosecutor. \" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-7jn687 ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Ann M. Donnelly, who will consider a sentence for R. Kelly, is a former Manhattan prosecutor. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">President Barack Obama nominated her to her current position as a U.S. district judge in Brooklyn in 2015, six years after she began her first judgeship in the New York Court of Claims. She was confirmed by the Senate in a 95-to-2 vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Judge Donnelly was hired in the Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office in 1984, where she stayed for 25 years, holding roles including senior trial counsel and chief of the Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">One former colleague, Daniel J. Horwitz, who worked in the district attorney\u2019s office from 1991 to 2000,<a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/29\/us\/judge-trump-refugee-order-ann-donnelly.html\"> told The New York Times after her ruling on Trump\u2019s executive order<\/a> that she was \u201ceminently fair with an even temperament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">He added: \u201cShe\u2019s exactly the type of judge you want to appear in front of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Another colleague, Linda A. Fairstein, said that Judge Donnelly had a \u201csterling reputation\u201d in the office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cI worked with a lot of great lawyers in public service,\u201d Ms. Fairstein said in 2017. \u201cThere is a fairness about her to the core that is just extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troy Closson, June 29, 2022 The R&amp;B singer, 55, is likely to spend much of the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of years of psychological and sexual abuse. R. Kelly, right, was charged with racketeering and violating a sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act.Credit&#8230;Amr Alfiky\/Associated Press R. 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