A top Chicago prosecutor said her office will be dropping sexual abuse charges against R. Kelly because the singer is already likely to spend the rest of his life in prison following his convictions in federal courts. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering by a New York federal court in 2021, and later sentenced to 30 years in prison. His sentencing in that case is expected next month, and he faces a minimum of 10 to 90 years in prison, according to prosecutors there. Kelly is potentially looking at … never walking out of prison again for the crimes that he’s committed,” Foxx said at a news conference. The Cook County State’s Attorney Office filed its indictment against Kelly in 2019, after the release of the Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly,” which featured several of his accusers.

Source: Washington Post February 01, 2023 00:49 UTC