Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Rapper R. Kelly After Being Convicted in Federal Court

Prosecutors in Illinois have dropped charges against R. Kelly, noting that the R&B singer’s convictions in federal courts will put the 56-year-old behind bars for several decades.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx noted that Kelly is already serving a 30-year sentence following his racketeering conviction in the Eastern District of New York. That racketeering charge was predicated on numerous criminal allegations that a federal jury found that Kelly committed, including the sexual exploitation of children, forced labor, and Mann Act violations.

At the time of that June 2020 sentencing, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said Kelly used his “fame, fortune and enablers to prey on the young, the vulnerable and the voiceless for his own sexual gratification.” Kelly’s trial in Illinois on separate child pornography counts was then just a couple of months away.

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