R. Kelly’s lawyer Steve Greenberg speaks to press on February 24, 2019. Image by Getty Images/Nuccio DiNuzzo/Stringer. By PJ Grisar February 25, 2019. R. …
Sep 01, 2021 · Who is R Kelly’s defense attorney, Nicole Blank Becker? The only woman on the singer’s defense team, Becker has branded herself as a staunch defender of those who have been accused of sexual abuse
Nov 05, 2019 · Kelly’s lead attorney, Steven Greenberg, said Monday he was well aware of Steinback’s reputation as a plea-deal architect but indicated …
Jun 09, 2021 · June 9, 2021, 12:41 PM · 3 min read. R. Kelly appears standing beside his attorney, Steven Greenberg, during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on …
Oct 19, 2021 · R Kelly, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty on all nine charges against him on September 27, 2021. This included bribery, forced labour, kidnapping, exploitation of a child, racketeering involving six alleged victims, and sexual trafficking across state lines.
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R. Kelly. For the album, see R. Kelly (album). Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Kelly has been credited with helping to redefine R&B and hip hop, earning nicknames such as "the King of R&B ", "the King of Pop-Soul", and the "Pied Piper of R&B".
Kelly was arrested on January 22, 2003 by Police investigators from Polk County and Miami-Dade County, at Miami's Wyndham Grand Bay Hotel on those charges of 12 counts of possession of child pornography. Kelly was later released from a jail hours after on a bond posted of $12,000.
Kelly has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s and one of the world's best-selling music artists. He is the 55th best-selling music artist in the United States, with over 32 million album sales.
In 2001, Kelly won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Music of Black Origin or MOBO Awards and Billboard magazine ranked TP-2.com number 94 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.
The charges allege that from 1998 to 2010, Kelly sexually abused four females, three of whom were teen minors at the time, with evidence including a video provided by Michael Avenatti that allegedly depicts a new crime. Kelly turned himself in on the day the charges were announced and was arrested by the Chicago Police Department and taken into custody. The judge set a $1 million bond, and ordered Kelly to have no contact with any minor under 18 or alleged victim. Kelly pleaded not guilty to all charges, which he called lies. He was released on bail after three nights in jail at Cook County.
After a July 1996 brawl at a Lafayette, Louisiana health club involving Kelly and his entourage, Kelly was placed on a year's unsupervised probation starting August 13, 1997, after being found guilty of battery. One of the victims needed 110 facial stitches. Also that year, a 20-year-old accused Kelly in civil court of having sexual relations with her when he was 24 and she was 15. Kelly settled the lawsuit in 1998 for $250,000, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Kelly has contributed to various U.S. and international charities through donations and the proceeds of special performances. In 1995, Kelly donated £20,000 to a U.K.charity, accepted by representative and former footballer Garth Crooks. In 2003, Kelly donated $50,000 to the Texas Military Family Foundation after the fund raising gig he staged for them.