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R. Kelly turns himself in at 1st District police headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019.

‘Are you having a good time?’ Withering cross-examination for alleged R. Kelly fixer paid to recover sex tapes

August 24, 2022 at 6:26 p.m.

On Tuesday, Charles Freeman told a wild tale to jurors about how R. Kelly and his associates agreed to pay him up to a million dollars in the early 2000s...

Jurors hear cloak-and-dagger testimony from reputed fixer in alleged R. Kelly conspiracy to derail early criminal probe

August 23, 2022 at 6:26 p.m.

Jurors in R. Kelly's federal child pornography trial on Tuesday heard a tale seemingly ripped from a B-movie script: Clandestine hotel meetings. Sex tapes. Bags filled with cash. Tough guys...

‘We feared for our lives’: Mother of alleged victim testifies in R. Kelly trial

August 22, 2022 at 7:06 p.m.

A mother whose young daughter was allegedly sexually assaulted by R. Kelly on videotape in the 1990s testified Monday that Kelly threatened them and sent them out of town after...

R. Kelly jury watches graphic video clips allegedly showing singer having sex with young teen

August 19, 2022 at 6:42 p.m.

Jurors in R. Kelly's federal trial watched graphic clips Friday of three separate videos allegedly showing the R&B superstar sexually assaulting his young goddaughter in the late 1990s. While the...

‘I became exhausted with living with his lies’: After two decades, woman identifies herself as teen on infamous R. Kelly sex tape

August 19, 2022 at 8:05 a.m.

The woman had been testifying for more than four hours Thursday about her clandestine sexual relationship with R&B superstar R. Kelly as an impressionable young teenager when she was asked...

R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago opens with a musical flashback, harsh allegations of sex with children and an attempted cover-up

August 18, 2022 at 8:01 a.m.

Jurors in R. Kelly's federal child pornography trial had been told the evidence in the case would transport them back in time, but they probably didn't think they'd find themselves...

Jury in R. Kelly’s Chicago federal case selected; opening statements set for Wednesday

August 17, 2022 at 9:16 a.m.

The jury that will decide R. Kelly's fate in Chicago's federal court was selected Tuesday after more than 12 hours of questioning over two days that centered on potential biases...

Jury selection in R. Kelly’s federal trial begins with judge dismissing many who said they would have trouble being impartial

August 16, 2022 at 9:14 a.m.

Jury selection in R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago got underway Monday with the judge questioning more than 60 potential jurors about what they know about the indicted R&B star...

R. Kelly’s Chicago federal trial to put spotlight on brawling ’26th & Cal’ legal tactics

August 15, 2022 at 6:21 a.m.

When Chicago-born R&B star R. Kelly walked out of the Cook County criminal courthouse a free man in 2008, it wasn't just a stroke of luck. Kelly's stunning acquittal on...

Attorneys continue sparring over prosecutor’s contact with R. Kelly witness in days before Chicago federal trial

August 10, 2022 at 4:08 p.m.

Federal prosecutors this week shot back against accusations that the former lead prosecutor on the R. Kelly case had inappropriate contact with potential witnesses, saying much of the purportedly suspicious...

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