Several accusers testified in lurid detail during the trial, alleging that Kelly subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage. “I think I’m even more disappointed the government brought the case in the first place given all the inconsistencies,” Cannick said. Kelly lawyer Deveraux Cannick said he was disappointed by the verdict. Peter Fitzhugh, a Homeland Security investigations agent, said the verdict brought an end to Kelly’s “decade-long reign of terror over many vulnerable girls, boys and young women.” “To the victims in this case, your voices were heard and justice was finally served,” Acting U.S. Kelly was also convicted of criminal counts accusing him of violating the Mann Act, which makes it illegal to take anyone across state lines “for any immoral purpose.” One of the final witnesses described seeing him sexually abusing her around 1993, when Aaliyah was only 13 or 14.Where is Brian Laundrie? John Walsh reveals where most sightings are being reported Other testimony focused on Kelly’s relationship with Aaliyah. When she realized she was trapped, “I was scared. She testified he whisked her to his Chicago recording studio, where she was kept locked up and was drugged before he sexually assaulted her while she was passed out. Of 14 possible racketeering acts considered in the trial, the jury found only two “not proven.” The allegations involved a woman who said Kelly took advantage of her in 2003 when she was an unsuspecting radio station intern. The accusers alleged they were ordered to sign nondisclosure forms and were subjected to threats and punishments such as violent spankings if they broke what one referred to as “Rob’s rules.” Some said they believed the videotapes he shot of them having sex would be used against them if they exposed what was happening.Īmong the other more troubling tableaux: Kelly keeping a gun by his side while he berated one of his accusers as a prelude to forcing her to give him oral sex in a Los Angeles music studio Kelly giving several accusers herpes without disclosing he had an STD Kelly coercing a teenage boy to join him for sex with a naked girl who emerged from underneath a boxing ring in his garage and Kelly shooting a shaming video of one alleged victim showing her smearing feces on her face as punishment for breaking his rules. His accusers said they were under orders to call him “Daddy,” expected to jump and kiss him anytime he walked into a room, and to cheer only for him when he played pickup basketball games in which they said he was a ball hog. Trial dates in those cases have yet to be set.Īt the trial, prosecutors painted the singer as a pampered man-child and control freak. He also has pleaded not guilty to sex-related charges in Illinois and Minnesota. The New York case is only part of the legal peril facing the singer. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, has been jailed without bail since in 2019. “You made a choice,” Cannick told one woman who testified, adding, “You participated of your own will.” He faces the possibility of decades in prison for crimes including violating the Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law that prohibits taking anyone across state lines “for any immoral purpose.” Sentencing is scheduled for May 4. Two people have been charged with Kelly in a separate federal case pending in Chicago. Prosecutors alleged that the entourage of managers and aides who helped Kelly meet girls - and keep them obedient and quiet - amounted to a criminal enterprise. Kelly wore a face mask below black-rimmed glasses, remaining motionless with eyes downcast, as the verdict was read in federal court in Brooklyn.
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Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children.Ī jury of seven men and five women found Kelly, 54, guilty of all nine counts, including racketeering, on their second day of deliberations.
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