Two years ago Grammy Award winning singer / songwriter R. Kelly was found guilty on multiple charges of 6ual misconduct with minors in Chicago [click here if you missed that].
The Federal Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction after Kellz argued that the statue of limitations on his crimes had run out...
From WTTW
A federal appeals court has upheld R. Kelly’s convictions on child p***ogra**y and enticement charges, more than 18 months after the conclusion of his trial in Chicago.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the R&B singer’s claim that the statute of limitations had passed and instead affirmed his convictions, stating that “(f)or years, Robert Sylvester Kelly abused underage girls.”
“By employing a complex scheme to keep victims quiet, he long evaded consequences,” the court wrote in its ruling. “In recent years, though, those crimes caught up with him at last. But Kelly — interposing a statute-of-limitations defense — thinks he delayed the charges long enough to elude them entirely. The statute says otherwise, so we affirm his conviction.”
A Chicago jury found Kelly guilty on three child p***ogra**y-related counts and three child enticement charges following a monthlong trial in 2022, finding that he 6ually abused his 14-year-old goddaughter “Jane” and other minors in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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