By Tyler Clifford, Luc Cohen2 Min ReadR.... REUTERS/ Jane Rosenberg( Reuters)-R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial.... 26 about her encounters with Kelly, including once when she said he asked her to perform oral sex on him in a car with onlookers present.-A woman identified as Kate testified on Sept....

He did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.In June, Kelly fired two of his lawyers amid internal tension on his legal team.... In 2019, he defended a man accused of kidnapping Chicago rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, who Cannick claimed staged his own abduction in order to generate publicity.... Cannick’s client was found guilty and sentenced to 24 years in prison. Reporting by Karen Sloan; Editing by David Bario, Noeleen Walder and Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Tru

After two years in a federal jail in Chicago, indicted singer R. Kelly has been brought to New York in preparation for his racketeering trial that’s scheduled to begin in Brooklyn later this summer.U.S. Bureau of Prisons records show Kelly is currently housed at a medium-security detention center in Brooklyn.... The move comes six days after the judge overseeing his trial said she wanted Kelly brought there so he could decided in person whether to waive potential conflicts of interest with an a

Open this photo in gallery John Doe' Louis' testifies during R. Kelly's sex abuse trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court in a courtroom sketch in New York, Aug.... … Anything you need, I’ll be willing to do.” “ That’s not it.... That’s not it, ” he said Kelly responded before asking him if he ever fantasized about having sex with men....

Disgraced RB singer R. Kelly’s legal team got a shot in the arm Friday as a high-profile attorney who won an appeal of Bill Cosby’s sex abuse case has signed on to challenge Kelly’s racketeering conviction in New York. Jennifer Bonjean, a New York-based attorney whose legal career began in Chicago, filed her appearance in Kelly’s case in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, where Kelly was convicted last month of racketeering and sex abuse charges. Bonjean told the Tribune she will spearhead Kelly’s

One of Kelly’s current girlfriends could testify.... Kelly was not the head of a criminal enterprise, they say — the group functioned more like a happy family. Kelly is facing decades in prison if he is convicted in the racketeering case.... It is the first of Kelly’s many criminal cases to go to trial; he also faces federal charges in Chicago, as well as four separate Cook County indictments and a case in Minnesota.So far, prosecutors’ evidence has largely fallen into two categories....

A key attorney for indicted singer R. Kelly will remain part the defense team in the federal racketeering case against him in New York after she said a medical issue “ briefly ” prompted travel concerns. Nicole Blank Becker, who took over the case in June after Kelly said he wanted to part ways with his two Chicago-based attorneys, filed a motion to withdraw under seal last week, according to court records and sources who spoke to the Tribune. Over the weekend, an order from U.S. District Judge

The jury, which heard from 50 witnesses over the six-week trial, reached its verdict after deliberating for about nine hours over two days.R. Kelly timeline: Chicago upbringing, rapid rise to stardom and years of sexual abuse charges, suits and rumors, conviction？... Kelly also faces a solicitation case in state court in Minnesota. jmeisner@ chicagotribune. commcrepeau@ chicagotribune. comR.... Now, 150 years later, the city finds itself at another crossroads....

Open this photo in gallery In this courtroom artist's sketch made from a video screen monitor of a Brooklyn courtroom, defendant R. Kelly, top left, listens as Jerhonda Pace, far left, testifies against the RB star during the singer's sex abuse trial in New York on Aug.... Other likely witnesses include co-operating former associates who have never spoken publicly before about their experiences with Kelly. The Associated Press doesn’t name alleged victims of sexual abuse without their consent u

She was confirmed by the Senate by a 95-2 vote on Oct.... She is chief of its Criminal Civil Rights Section and also serves as a liaison to the newly formed Civil Rights Team.... 18, saying Kelly “ began collecting girls and women like they were things, hoarding them like objects.” Melendez became deputy chief of the Criminal Civil Rights Section of the Eastern District of New York in April....