BREAKING NEWS - R. Kelly Charged With Ten Counts Of Sexual Abuse
Posted on Fri Feb 22nd, 2019 1:00pm PDT By X17 Staff
R&B star R. Kelly is FINALLY getting in trouble for what everyone seems to know he's guilty of ...
Kelly was charged with ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Cook County, Chicago today. The charges involve four woman and the singer is due in court this Saturday and his arraignment is set for March 8. Charges stem from grand jury indictments for cases from 1998-2010.
A warrant has been issued for his arrest and the singer faces up to seven years on EACH COUNT, if convicted.
Kelly has been accused of sexual abuse multiple times over decades and only recently, with the release of the documentary Surviving R. Kelly, has legal action started being taken.
The indictment accuses Kelly of sexual acts with three children older than 13 but younger than 17 and say the singer used force and the threat of force. A grand jury was convened with attorney Michael Avenatti turned over a tape he says shows Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
Kelly has faced multiple lawsuits alleging sexual abuse in the form of underage sex and all but one have been settled out of court -- for the remaining case, the singer was acquitted.
The #MuteRKelly campaign has been growing since a July 2017 Buzzfeed article outlined allegations that Kelly was holding women against their will as part of what some characterized as a cult.