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(10,763 posts)Coventina
(26,846 posts)The jury in the singers criminal trial in federal court in Brooklyn convicted him of racketeering after beginning its deliberations Friday afternoon.
The high-profile trial was the first of the Me Too-era where a large majority of the defendants accusers were Black women, and the trial was widely seen as a test of the inclusivity of the broader movement to hold powerful men accountable for sexual misconduct.
For Mr. Kelly, the verdict represents the first criminal consequence after decades of murmurs and accusations of sexual abuse and other misbehavior.
XanaDUer2
(10,327 posts)blogslug
(37,955 posts)Link to tweet
US Attorney EDNY @EDNYnews
(Official account of the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York)
R. Kelly has been convicted of racketeering by a federal jury in Brooklyn
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Initech
(99,912 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,491 posts)Too many of them are being used to commit crimes on people that don't know.
LiberalFighter
(50,491 posts)cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,813 posts)He tried desperately to age out these young girls, now women. He is a disgrace.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)48656c6c6f20
(7,638 posts)Why so long?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)He's going to be busy with other cases yet to be tried, I think.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Volaris
(10,260 posts)I had no idea he was even in hot water again lol!
FreeState
(10,552 posts) Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking.
Racketeering became a federal crime in 1970 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, and the charge is best known as a tool to prosecute organized crime that affects interstate commerce. At the center of any racketeering case is the "enterprise," the group entity carrying out the illegal conduct, such as the mafia.
In this case, the enterprise is Kelly and his entourage, as well as his "managers, bodyguards, drivers, personal assistants and runners," according to the superseding indictment. Kelly is described as the leader of the enterprise.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/r-kelly-trial-verdict-09-27-21/index.html
Volaris
(10,260 posts)I didnt even know the case was ongoing.
Good for Lady Justice.
whathehell
(28,968 posts)He beat and degraded these underage girls making them call him "daddy". He's a perverted POS. ..
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