R. Kelly has asked a judge for release out of solitary confinement into general population. The singer is accused of several sex crimes involving underaged girls that could get him hurt in general population. According to legal documents from R.Kelly’s legal defense team allege that the solitary confinement he was sent to is to […]
R Kelly has been arrested in Chicago on sec charges. via ABC: The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago released a statement saying Kelly was arrested on a 13- count indictment returned Thursday in the Northern District of Illinois. The statement said charges included child pornography and obstruction of justice, but did not say how many counts […]
R. Kelly could be back in jail before long. He’s in trouble for once again failing to pay child support. His ex, Drea Kelly, says he missed his last two months of payments — which at $20,833 a month is no small sum. Last month, Kells was arrested and jailed for $161,633 in unpaid child support debt. But […]
The attempts to mute R. Kelly and silence Michael Jackson haven’t done much to curb the popularity of their music. The New York Daily News reports that The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller popped back up on the Billboard 200 nearly a decade after his death and a week after the airing of the Leaving Neverland documentary. Jackson’s had 16.5 million music downloads and 22.1 million video views in […]
R. Kelly wasn’t acting alone last week when he became unhinged during an interview with CBS’s Gayle King. He had his spirit with him and he was doing what his spirit told him to do. That’s according to sources close to the accused sex abuser who tell TMZ that his “spirit” wanted him to go on TV to discuss […]
There’s more trouble for R. Kelly. On Sunday, high-profile feminist lawyer Gloria Allred entered the fray, saying she has given authorities a video that allegedly shows him (quote) “sexually abusing children.” According to Allred, her unnamed client discovered the video in a “box of old VHS tapes” and was “horrified” by what was on the tape. Allred claims […]
Gayle King’s promise of an explosive R. Kelly interview lived up to the hype today (Wednesday). On CBS This Morning, R. Kelly vehemently denied allegations against him in a very dramatic, animated appearance. He was visibly emotional throughout the interview, at one point raising his voice and standing up, and at another, talking through tears as two makeup […]
Two new accusers have come forward against R. Kelly with claims that the singer pressured them to have sex as teenagers. The now 39- and 40-year-old victims say when they were 15 and 16, they attended an after-party in Baltimore, back in 1995 or ’96. Rochelle Washington and Latresa Scaff say they were both offered alcohol, marijuana and cocaine, and were […]
R. Kelly has managed to escape prosecution in a New York assault case, due to a lack of evidence. The disgraced singer was accused of transmitting herpes to Faith Rodgers, who was 19 years old at the time of the alleged encounter. Faith says she looked like she was only 14 when they hooked up, and he […]
R. Kelly’s former manager James Mason plans to turn himself in. A warrant was issued in Mason’s name earlier this month, after family members of one of Kelly’s alleged victims claimed they’d been threatened by the singer’s entourage. Mason was cited for “terroristic threats and acts,” and will surrender in Henry County, Georgia today. An attorney for Timothy […]
R. Kelly‘s record label is pulling the plug on the singer, at least temporarily, over the numerous sexual misconduct allegations raised in the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly. RCA/Sony says it has frozen Kelly’s contract and will not produce or financially support any of his new music while the criminal investigations continue. TMZ reports that Kelly has actually […]
One of R. Kelly’s alleged victims, who appeared in Surviving R. Kelly, has an intriguing suggestion. Asante McGee wants to see Kells take a live polygraph test on national television so he can address the allegations against him directly. Kelly fired back against McGee through a now-removed Facebook page called Surviving Lies, which tried to paint her as a […]
