Posted on 09/27/2021 12:41:21 PM PDT by conservative98
R. Kelly was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades — capping the ’90s R&B superstar’s stunning fall from grace.
The “I Believe I Can Fly” crooner, 54, was convicted on all nine counts including racketeering and violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits the transport of “any woman or girl” across state lines for any “immoral purpose.”
He faces life in prison.
The jury of seven men and five women deliberated for about nine hours across two days before reaching their unanimous verdict.
From the beginning of the month-long trial in the federal courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn, prosecutors painted Kelly, 54, as a “predator” who used his fame and a cadre of employees to prey on young victims.
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Rap music has allowed immoral people to condone behavior that belittled and abused weaker human beings for profit.
Of course they learned this from democratic politicians, radical clergy that embraced the racial divide for cash, and liberal NGO’s that took 80 percent of the money appropriated to help the downtrodden for themselves.
But before I condemn them too harshly, we had Tammy Faye and Jim Baker, Rev Jim Jones, and Amway.
Wait, I darn them all to heck anyway.
That song never gets old - like his girlfriends. :-)
What’s an ‘R. Kelly’? Another one of those Kardashian types famous for being famous?
The entertainment industry still supports him.
Good one!
The pedo/sex freak got to enjoy freedom for a long time.
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