BREAKING: R&B Singer R. Kelly Bags 30 Years Jail Term

R&B Singer R. Kelly has bagged 30 Years Jail Term.

 

 

Newsonline reports that R&B singer, R. Kelly, on Wednesday, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

 

This follows his conviction last year on federal racketeering and s33 trafficking charges.

 

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This online newspaper understands that Kelly is accused of using his fame to ensnare victims he s33ually abused.

Prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence the 55-year-old to more than 25 years behind bars, while his defense attorneys asked for 10 or fewer, saying prosecutors’ request was “tantamount to a life sentence.”

Last September, a jury convicted Kelly on nine counts, including one charge of racketeering and eight counts of violations of the Mann Act, a s33 trafficking law.

 

Prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York accused Kelly of using his status as a celebrity and a “network of people at his disposal to target girls, boys and young women for his own se3ual gratification.”