A federal judge refused to delay R. Kelly’s sentencing on racketeering and other charges in New York until after his upcoming Chicago trial, despite the singer’s “grave concerns” that not doing so could “interfere with (his) Fifth Amendment guarantees.”
In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago.
Donnelly — who had already previously ruled against a similar request from the defense — found that argument “not persuasive.” A New York jury found Kelly guilty on nine counts, including racketeering, on its second day of deliberations last year. The following month, U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges in August 2022.
Federal prosecutors have opposed any delay in sentencing, arguing that Kelly is not being “compelled to say anything” at his sentencing, instead “he is choosing to do so.”
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