Already faced with a decades-long prison sentence in New York, singer R. Kelly's Chicago trial for child pornography and obstruction of justice gets underway today.
that alleged he sexually abused five separate minors and recorded some of those acts on video. A superseding indictment filed the following year added a sixth alleged victim.
According to prosecutors, Kelly and McDavid paid an acquaintance hundreds of thousands of dollars beginning in 2001 to collect those videos and cover up their existence. When that acquaintance later planned to hold a news conference to announce he had the videos, Kelly, McDavid and others allegedly paid him approximately $170,000 to cancel the event.
Kelly was acquitted in the 2008 case and had escaped consequences despite years of allegations, until his conviction last year. Allegations that Kelly abused young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s. He was sued in 1997 by a woman who alleged sexual battery and sexual harassment while she was a minor, and he later faced criminal child pornography charges related to a different girl in Chicago.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Judge: Sen. Graham must testify in Georgia election probeA federal judge on Monday said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that is investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws while trying to overturn his narrow 2020 general election loss in the state. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation last year, and a special grand jury with subpoena power was seated in May at her request. The judge also rejected Graham’s argument that the principle of “sovereign immunity” protects a senator from being summoned by a state prosecutor.
Read more »
Jury: Democratic PAC Defamed Roy Moore, Awards Him $8.2 Million - Alabama NewsA federal jury has awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages after finding a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in a TV ad. alnews alpolitics roymoore alabamanewsnetwork
Read more »
Pedophile dies after drinking cloudy liquid as jury found him guilty of child sexual assaultA Texas man found guilty of child sexual assault has died after drinking a cloudy liquid in court as his verdict was being read.
Read more »
New school year begins for LAUSD on MondayOver the last three years, there's been a lot of changes to the educational experience but this time around one thing has remained the scene, the anxious rush to get everything prepared for the first day of school.
Read more »
Your Monday News Catch-UpThe Espionage Act investigation into Trump, the Crimea blast without a confirmed cause, and the return of polio in the US.
Read more »
Kaiser Mental Health Workers Set to Strike MondayMental health workers at Kaiser Permanente say it is likely they will strike.
Read more »