A third was a 24-year-old hair dresser of his, who told prosecutors that Mr. Kelly tried to force her to perform oral sex on him. It was not clear why Mr. Kelly was not charged in connection with this at the time. For years, Mr. Kelly, whose real name is Robert Kelly, seemed largely immune to accusations that he sexually abused minors and kept women in a cultlike environment, shielded by a series of nondisclosure agreements. He was arrested in 2002 on child pornography charges stemming from a tape that prosecutors said showed him having sex with and urinating on an underage girl. But in 2008, he was acquitted on all counts after the girl prosecutors said was in the tape refused to testify.

Source: New York Times February 25, 2019 16:27 UTC