R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking, Racketeering
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 29, 2022
CHICAGO — Singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for racketeering and violating a sex trafficking law.
Kelly, a Chicago native who gained international fame as an R&B singer, was sentenced Wednesday in a court in New York. It was the culmination of years of girls and young women — many of them Black and their stories repeatedly ignored by officials and journalists — reporting he’d sexually abused them.
Kelly was convicted in September and his sentencing hearing was held Wednesday. His victims told the court he’d raped them, held . . .
