American singer R. Kelly, fallen star of R & B already sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes, received this Thursday, February 23, a 20-year prison sentence for child pornography in another case, before a federal court from Chicago.
This sentence will not be added to the previous one, Judge Harry Leinenweber having ordered that he will only serve an additional year in prison when he has served his 30-year sentence in New York last June.
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Robert Sylvester Kelly, 56, had been found guilty by a federal jury in Chicago of production of child pornography and embezzlement of a minor.
Excerpts from videos showing sexual violence committed by R. Kelly on young girls, one of whom was only 14 years old, had been broadcast during the trial.
Acquitted of obstruction of justice
The singer, on the other hand, was acquitted on charges of obstructing justice. He was accused of having disrupted the course of a previous child pornography trial in 2008, from which he emerged not guilty, by threatening a victim not to testify.
The artist, known worldwide for his hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and his 75 million records sold, had long reigned over R&B despite suspicions of sexual assault.
He was finally found guilty in September 2021 of having piloted a ” system “ sexual exploitation of young people, including teenage girls, and sentenced last June to 30 years in prison by a federal court in New York.
