The disgraced singer is currently serving a 30-year sentence for sex trafficking and racketeering
R KELLY has been found guilty of child sexual abuse in his second federal trial.
The American singer has been convicted of six out of 13 counts in a new trial in his hometown of Chicago. He denied all the charges. On Wednesday, he was found guilty of three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement. The disgraced star was also acquitted on the charge of obstruction of justice in his 2002 Cook County case, the Kelly’s two former associates were accused of fixing the 2008 trial but were reportedly acquitted of all charges.
In a high-profile trial last year, Kelly was found guilty of using his celebrity status to sexually abuse women and children over two decades.tt has been reported the jury deliberated for 11 hours before reaching their verdict, on Wednesday.He had pleaded not guilty to all charges and repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
The singer-songwriter is still facing other sexual abuse charges in Illinois and prostitution and solicitation charges in Minnesota.
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