US District Judge Harry Leinenweber, who presided over the child abuse trial against singer R. Kelly, has died. He was 87 years old. Leinenweber died Tuesday evening, the Eastern Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said in a statement. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Leinenweber was diagnosed with lung […]
Security gates at 1 Maros Lane, Olympia Fields, Illinois, listed by Alex Wolking of Keller Williams ONEChicago. The home was once owned by R. Kelly and was renovated by its last owner, Rudolph Isley. A Chicago-area mansion formerly owned by R. Kelly and restored by one of the Isley Brothers is for sale. The home […]
R. Kelly’s net worth is said to have dropped to “negative $2 million.”Celebrity Net Worth estimates that the convicted sex offender is completely broke with a net worth of the equivalent of £1.65 million.The website states: “In April 2020, Kelly told a judge – as part of his release from prison – that he owed […]
R. Kelly’s attempt to reduce his lengthy prison sentence failed on Friday when the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that his 2022 conviction would be upheld. Kelly had attempted to appeal the 20-year prison sentence he received in Chicago for child pornography charges, but the court rejected that appeal this week after […]
By Jonathan Stamp NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for R. Kelly struggled on Monday to convince a U.S. appeals court to overturn the former R&B superstar’s sex trafficking conviction and 30-year prison sentence. Kelly, 57, is appealing his conviction by a Brooklyn, New York, jury in September 2021 on all nine charges brought against […]
R.Kelly. Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Disgraced rapper R.Kelly is calling on the United States Supreme Court to overturn his 2022 conviction for child pornography and sex with minors. Kelly, 57, claims the charges he was convicted of date back decades and are statute-barred, according to a report published by TMZ on Tuesday, July 30. (The 2003 […]
K. Michelle remembers working with R. Kelly + admits that her third album was written while intoxicated K. Michelle’s Instagram Live took a nostalgic turn, revealing behind-the-scenes details of their early music. In a recent Instagram live stream, the R&B singer and reality TV star K. Michelle reflects on her song from 2010 I just […]
R. Kelly’s legal battle began when he claimed prison staff used the internal prison system to unlawfully access his confidential information. According to Kelly, this information was then sold to Tasha K, who subsequently shared it on her popular blog. Kelly’s attorney argued that Tasha K used this information to harass him and influence witnesses […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Imprisoned R&B singer R. Kelly wants to restructure his defense team two months before his scheduled trial in New York on federal organized crime charges. His two top lawyers, Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard of Chicago, filed a motion this week to withdraw from the long-delayed case, arguing that it was […]
