Robert Sylvester Kelly (R. Kelly), an American singer was jailed on charges of sexually abusing, raping and sexually assaulting women, including several minors and underage girls has appeared in court after long time.
He has been in jail
for the past two years and has not yet been formally convicted, nor has he
pleaded guilty to the charges.
According to
Reuters, R. Kelly appeared in a New York court long after the hearing, which
took place before the formal trial began. During the hearing, new revelations also
resonated.
During the hearing,
the prosecution said that the singers continued to hire their employees to
fulfill their sexual desires with underage girls.
According to the
prosecution, R. Kelly asked other employees, including his security guards and
managers, to lure underage girls. Later, singer used them for sex.
During the hearing,
the court was informed that the singer had sought the help of an Illinois
official in 1994 to obtain fake marriage documents from the singer. The court
was told that the girl was 15 years old when the singer got married to Alia,
but the documents made her 18 years old. Before the marriage, R. Kelly had sex
with the girl.
Prosecutors say
Kelly had sex with Alia at the age of 13. He also lured underage girls through
his employees for sexual gratification.
As per the
Associated Press (AP), R. Kelly's lawyer told the court during the hearing that
his client has become obese because of his long term prison. Therefore, jail
management should also be ordered to provide new and larger sized clothes.
At the same time,
the singer's lawyer revealed in court that R. Kelly has become poor due to lack
of employment for two years moreover; some of his accounts have been frozen.
Therefore, jail authorities should be ordered to provide other free facilities
in the jail as well.
The court directed
the prosecution to ask all eyewitnesses against the singer to appear before the
court for statements. The court also direct to present solid evidence against
the accused as to how he used to recruit underage girls for sex with him.
The court also
ordered R. Kelly to produce documents relating to Alia's early marriage.
According to
Reuters, cases against R. Kelly are also pending in California, including the
states of Illinois and Minnesota besides New York court.
On the other hand,
the British newspaper The Independent reported that R. Kelly has admitted in
court that he had married Alia when she was a minor.
According to
documents provided to the newspaper by the singer's lawyers, R. Kelly admitted
that he had sexual relations with Alia before he reached puberty.
Earlier in 2019, R.
Kelly had admitted in court that when he got married to Alia, he did not know
that he was young. He was told that Alia was adult.
R. Kelly married to
singer Alia Dina Hufton in 1994. She had died at the age of 22 during August
2001 in a helicopter crash with eight people.
According to
reports, Alia was 18 years old by writing fake marriage papers, the singer had
consensual sex with the girl before their marriage when she was 13.
It is pertinent to
mention that as per US law, consensual sex with a minor is also a crime.
R. Kelly has been
charged with raping and having sex with at least 100 women and girls, as well
as moving them from one place to another for sexual pleasure. In addition,
cases against him are pending in various courts.
Only during the last
week, six new charges were filed againsthim, including one alleging that he
used to rape 15 years old boys. He also used to order the same boys for rape with
other underage girls and also captured videos of them.
If the singer is convicted,
he can be awarded up to 10 - 20 years imprisonment with fine.
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