R. Kelly arrested on federal sex crime charges

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  • July 12, 2019

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R. Kelly is in custody once again.

The singer, who was out on bail and awaiting trial for sex abuse charges in Chicago, was arrested again on Thursday on a 13-count federal grand jury indictment, per the Associated Press.

“The counts include child porn, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice,” Joseph Fitzpatrick, the U.S. Attorney’s spokesperson, said.

Kelly has been in the news significantly in 2019. Back in January, the R&B singer was the subject of a six-part Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly, which featured multiple women coming forward with harrowing accusations and accounts of the abuse they’d suffered at his hands. The documentary even prompted a statement from Kelly’s estranged daughter, in which she addressed his accusers, and called her father “terrible” and a “monster”. Read more…

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