Posted on 06/29/2022 2:34:52 PM PDT by Morgana
Disgraced R&B star R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking and abusing young girls as the judge told him that he taught his victims that 'love is enslavement and violence,' and 'the public needs to be protected.'
Kelly, 55, was convicted on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges last September following a nearly six-week trial that amplified accusations that had dogged the singer of the Grammy-winning hit 'I Believe I Can Fly' since the early 2000s.
Judge Ann M. Donnelly handed down Kelly's sentence in Brooklyn Federal Court on Wednesday, despite the defense lawyers' request for a sentence of 10 years or less. Prosecutors had asked for at least 25 years.
Donnelly told Kelly he created 'a trail of broken lives,' adding that 'the most seasoned investigators will not forget the horrors your victims endured.'
'These crimes were calculated and carefully planned and regularly executed for almost 25 years,' she said. 'You taught them that love is enslavement and violence.'
Kelly, who declined to speak at his sentencing, learned his fate after some of his accusers told the court, through tears and anger, that he had preyed on them and misled his fans. He was also was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.
Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, has been detained at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his trial. It has not been revealed where Kelly would spend his sentence.
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Classic case of “pimping while black.”
Will he be ‘out’ by Labor Day this year?
Good, but what’s the point of a $100K fine when you’re giving him 30 years? I’ve always thought it to be silly.
Now making him donate his entire assets to the victims would be appropriate.
What of Espteins clients? Can they get 30 years too?
He got 50% more time than Ghislane Maxwell.
If you are going to pimp underage girls, its best to do it for America’s elites.
“I belieeeeeve I can flyyyyyyyyy.......”
You mean I won’t have any new noise from him for 25 years? Thank you judge...
This trial was even longer than that Johnny Depp/ Amber Heard trial!
Well, someone’s PISSED. s/
Good riddance to black garbage.
And Maxwell is in a club fed.
Upgradde, with 2 D’s, for double dose of pimpin.
But yet Bill Clinton walks around a free man.
30 minutes ?
He’s in the same league as Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby.
What’s the big deal? It’s just their culture. It’s just part of the rap crap lifestyle. Who you judgin? C’mon man! Rap is America’s “music” of choice and we need to respect his need to be pimpin. Gnomesayin?
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