Chris Sweda / baiduhaiR. Kelly turns himself in at 1st District police headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019.
E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly appears at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019, where he pleaded not guilty to new charges.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly walks into court at the Daley Center for a hearing on his child support case on March 13, 2019, in Chicago. Kelly had been jailed earlier this month for failure to make about $160,000 in outstanding child support payments.
Antonio Perez / baiduhaiR. Kelly's former girlfriends Azriel Clary, left, and Joycelyn Savage, right, leave following Kelly's hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building, Sept. 17, 2019.
Erin Hooley/baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly walks into court at the Daley Center for a hearing on his child support case on March 13, 2019, in Chicago.
Antonio Perez / baiduhaiR. Kelly turns to exit during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building, Sept. 17, 2019.
Tom Gianni sketch/APIn this courtroom sketch, R&B singer R. Kelly appears before Cook County Associate Judge Lawrence Flood with his attorney Steve Greenberg, Feb. 25, 2019, at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. Kelly's attorney entered not guilty pleas on the singer's behalf.
Stephanie Keith/The New York TimesJennifer Bonjean, defense attorney for the singer R. Kelly, arrives for his sentencing hearing at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on June 29, 2022.
Scott Strazzante/baiduhaiR. Kelly performs at the Allstate Arena in 2003.
E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhaiR. Kelly stands behind his attorney, Steven Greenberg, as Greenberg speaks to Judge Lawrence Flood at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on May 7, 2019.
Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhaiR. Kelly, performing at the Pitchfork Festival, in Chicago, on July 21, 2013.
Stephanie Keith/The New York TimesJennifer Bonjean, defense attorney for the singer R. Kelly, speaks outside the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on June 29, 2022, after R&B singer Kelly was sentenced to 30 years.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly leaves the Cook County Criminal Court Building after a hearing Aug. 21, 2007.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiSinger Robert Kelly enters court at 26th and California with a phalanx of sheriff's deputies in 2002. A fan tried to shake Kelly's hand, but deputies pushed him away.
Abel Uribe / baiduhaiR. Kelly follows his lawyer out of his studio Feb. 22, 2019.
E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhaiR. Kelly appears before Judge Lawrence Flood at a hearing at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on May 7, 2019.
Abel Uribe / baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly walks out of Cook County Jail, accompanied by his attorney, Steven Greenberg, right, on March 9, 2019, after paying more than $160,000 in child support.
Abel Uribe/baiduhaiR. Kelly, center, who was charged with child pornography, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after appearing in front af a judge Feb. 7, 2003.
Charles Bennett/APR&B singer R. Kelly, center, is surrounded by deputies as he leaves court Nov. 1, 2002, in Chicago. A judge ruled that Kelly, who had been free on bond since he was indicted in June on child pornography charges, can leave the state to appear at a concert in New York later in the month.
Cheryl Cook / APIn this courtroom sketch, the front of the courtroom is blocked off as a sexually graphic video clip is played for the jury during R. Kelly's trial in federal court Aug. 19, 2022, in Chicago.
Antonio Perez/baiduhaiLatoya Williams, left, of Chicago, and other fans, come out to support R&B star R. Kelly as he arrives at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building for closing arguments in his child pornography trial on June 12, 2008
Erin Hooley/baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly walks into court at the Daley Center for a hearing on his child support case on March 13, 2019, in Chicago.
Ovie Carter/baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly appears in court on Sept. 20, 2002, for a status hearing on child pornography charges.
Lazarus Jean-Baptiste / CBS"CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King remains calm during her interview with the emotional R. Kelly in Chicago on March 5, 2019.
John J. Kim / baiduhaiCook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx describes what happened to alleged victims of R. Kelly after his bond hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Feb. 23, 2019, in Chicago.
Heather Stone / baiduhaiIn this Dec. 21, 2007 file photo, R. Kelly arrives at the Cook County Criminal Courts building in Chicago to find out if the judge wants to revoke his bond or to deny permission to tour after missing a scheduled hearing.
Scott Strazzante/baiduhaiDerrick Mosley, founder and president of the Bringing About Reform organization, destroys R. Kelly compact discs in front of WGCI radio headquarters on South Michigan Avenue on Jan. 28, 2002. Mosley called others to come together for a day of repudiation to protest the embattled singer and the radio station for blatant disrespect toward the community.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiR. Kelly arrives to the Daley Center in Chicago for a child support hearing on March 13, 2019.
E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly, right, appears at a hearing before Judge Lawrence Flood at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on March 22, 2019.
Abel Uribe / baiduhaiR. Kelly arrives for his child support hearing at the Daley Center on March 6, 2019, in Chicago.
E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhaiAssistant State's Attorney Jennifer Gonzalez, center, responds to R. Kelly attorney Steve Greenberg, right, at Kelly's hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on May 7, 2019.
Antonio Perez/baiduhaiNajee Ali with anti-R. Kelly signs, laughs at the jeers and put downs by two women shouting in defense of Kelly outside the Cook County Criminal Courts Building, May 9, 2008, in Chicago.
John J. Kim / baiduhaiA man motions for photographers to get out of the way as Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary exit after a bond hearing for Savage's boyfriend, R. Kelly, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Feb. 23, 2019, in Chicago.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiCity inspectors from the Department of Buildings and Chicago Fire Department enter the from back door alley entrance to the studio space for musician R. Kelly on Jan. 16, 2019.
E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly, center, appears at a hearing before Judge Lawrence Flood at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 26, 2019.
Elizabeth Williams / APIn this courtroom sketch, Kitti Jones, right, speaks during R. Kelly's sentencing in federal court in New York on June 29, 2022. Kelly and his attorney Ashley Cohen are seated, background left. The former R&B superstar was convicted of racketeering and other crimes.
Abel Uribe / baiduhaiR. Kelly follows his lawyer out of his studio Feb. 22, 2019.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiSinger Robert Kelly, known as R Kelly, leaves court with a phalanx of sheriff's deputies on June 26, 2002. He pleaded not guilty to charges of child pornography.
John Bartley/for the baiduhaiSinger R. Kelly performs at United Center on May 14, 1999.
David Banks/for the baiduhaiR. Kelly performs at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont on June, 16, 2011.
E. Jason Wambsgans / baiduhaiR. Kelly stands behind his attorney, Steven Greenberg, as Greenberg speaks to Judge Lawrence Flood at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on May 7, 2019.
Abel Uribe / baiduhaiR. Kelly, center, arrives for his child support hearing at the Daley Center on March 6, 2019, in Chicago.
Scott Strazzante / baiduhaiR. Kelly performs at Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago on Oct. 25, 2012.
Angela Weiss/Getty-AFPAttorney Gloria Allred, who represented several of Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly's victims, speaks before the sentencing hearing in New York on June 29, 2022.
Charles Cherney/baiduhaiR. Kelly, nominated for five Grammy Awards in 1997, records at Chicago Trax Studio on Jan. 22, 1998.
Chuck Berman / baiduhaiR&B star R. Kelly arrives at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, in Chicago. Kelly was threatened with arrest after failing to appear in court Wednesday. (Chuck Berman/baiduhai)
Cheryl Cook / baiduhaiA courtroom sketch shows defense attorneys Ashley Cohen, from left, and Jennifer Bonjean with singer R. Kelly at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Sept. 14, 2022.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiR&B star R. Kelly, 41, arrives at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building for his child pornography trial on May 20, 2008, in Chicago. The charges against Kelly stem from a 15-minute videotape that law-enforcement officials say he made with the alleged victim between Jan. 1, 1998, and Nov. 1, 2000.
Brian Cassella/baiduhaiDemonstrators rally in response to the R. Kelly allegations, Jan. 9, 2019, outside his recording studio in the West Loop.
Antonio Perez / baiduhaiR. Kelly, center, appears at the Daley Center in Chicago on May 8, 2019, for a hearing in his child support case.
Brian Kersey/for the baiduhaiR. Kelly performs at the Chicago Theatre on April 26, 2006.
Jose M. Osorio / baiduhaiCook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx announces charges against R&B superstar R. Kelly as Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson looks on at her office in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019. Kelly was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Terrence Antonio James / baiduhaiR. Kelly's defense attorney Jennifer Bonjean speaks to the media at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in Kelly's trial on Sept. 14, 2022.
Nuccio DiNuzzo / baiduhaiR. Kelly performs at Pitchfork Festival in Chicago on July 21, 2013.
Antonio Perez / baiduhaiR. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Sept. 17, 2019.
John J. Kim / baiduhaiJoycelyn Savage, center, and Azriel Clary, right, attend a bond hearing for R. Kelly at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Feb. 23, 2019, in Chicago.
E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhaiSteve Greenberg, attorney for R. Kelly, files a motion before Judge Lawrence Flood requesting law enforcement officials preserve all communications between prosecutors and attorney Michael Avenatti at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on April 1, 2019.
Barry Brecheisen/for the baiduhaiR&B singer R. Kelly departs after his court appearance on May 18, 2007, for child pornography charges at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.
Carl Wagner/baiduhaiR. Kelly is led from the Leighton Criminal Court Building by Chicago police officers to a waiting police car to be taken to the 10th District station on June 7, 2002.
Scott Strazzante / baiduhaiR. Kelly performs at Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago on Oct. 25, 2012.
Joe Burbank/Orlando SentinelR. Kelly listens to Judge Karla Wright during his first appearance hearing on felony child pornography charges June 6, 2002, at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow, Fla. The judge approved Kelly's release from custody on $750,000 bail.
Zbigniew Bzdak / baiduhaiR. Kelly leaves Cook County Jail after posting bond at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Feb. 25, 2019.
Zbigniew Bzdak / baiduhaiMusician R. Kelly, blue jacket, leaves the Cook County Jail on Feb. 25, 2019, after posting a $1 million bond.
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R. Kelly turns himself in at 1st District police headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago
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.The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex.
His lawyers argued that a shorter statute of limitations on child sex crime prosecutions should have applied to offenses dating back to the 1990s.
The justices did not detail their reasoning in declining to hear the case, as is typical. Lower courts previously rejected his arguments.
R. Kelly’s Chicago conviction to stand after appellate court rejects attempt to toss it
Federal prosecutors have said the video showed Kelly abusing a girl. The accuser identified only as Jane testified that she was 14 when the video was taken.
Kelly has also appealed a separate 30-year sentence for federal racketeering and sex trafficking convictions in New York.