Four charges of sexual abuse against singer R. Kelly are dropped, what was the reason?

The controversial singer R. Kelly will no longer be prosecuted for four cases of sexual abuse, thanks to an Illinois state attorney dismissing them at a hearing in Leighton Criminal Court. Apparently, the multiple sentences that already fall on the artist caused these alleged crimes to be put aside.

R. Kelly did not attend the hearing that was held on Tuesday, January 31 in the morning to hear the decision. However, she is expected later this month at a hearing in Chicago, where the sentence she will pay for abusing three girls and producing graphic content for adults with minors will be known.

For this crime, he could pay from 10 to 90 years in prison, taking into account that he is already serving a 30-year sentence that was released in 2021 in New York.

The Doom of New York

Robert Sylvester Kelly, 55, was found guilty in New York of running a “system” of sexual exploitation of young people, some of them teenagers, for three decadesand eventually sentenced to spend three decades behind bars.

The person in charge of publicizing the sentence of the federal court in Brooklyn was judge Ann Donnelly, in which, after a year after the guilt of the accused was determined, by the jury, the corresponding sentence was issued.

The conviction of R. Kelly in New York, the first in a trial in which the majority of the civil parties were African-American womenwas considered a turning point in the #MeToo movement.

The discussions shed light on R. Kelly’s “system” for luring and abusing young girls, with the complicity of those close to him. Many victims recounted that they had met their idol at a concert and then someone had slipped a small piece of paper with the singer’s contact details. He is also being prosecuted in two other states.

Regarding the indications that speak of a criminal network referring to the trafficking and abuse of women, the existence of at least 45 testimonies against the artistof which 11 correspond to victims of the reprehensible behaviors on the part of the singer, who had been instrumentalized for the “sexual enjoyment” of the indicated.

Among the testimonies known in the framework of the case, there were reports that incriminate Kelly and her entourage with situations of “rape, drug addiction, imprisonment and child pornography”, according to international media.

Within the framework of that trial, the case of the artist and singer Aaliyah was also exposed, whom Kelly forced to marry in the framework of a procedure that was declared illegal, due to a series of irregularities, among which is the marriage, which occurred when she was a minor, a situation that occurred after she was pregnant at 15.

In that marriage, which managed to be annulled, there were irregularities such as the presentation of false documents that revealed that the bride was older than the actual age.

With information from AFP