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R. Kelly‘s fiancée, Joycelyn Savage, says she’s expecting a baby with the incarcerated 55-year-old singer, even though his legal team has denied this.

his conviction in the New York courts back in 2021, where the former musician was found guilty of running of a criminal enterprise in order to sexually and physically abuse women and teenagers.Responding to this week’s court order, Kelly’s current legal rep, Jennifer Bonjean, stressed that her client is appealing this conviction – and another one that resulted from a separate trial in Chicago – and that when the appeals courts “reverse Mr Kelly’s convictions, we will seek the return of every cent that has been wrongfully taken from him”.Prosecutors began legal action last year to seize funds from Kelly in order to pay off fines that were part of the sentence in the New York case. They initially went after monies that were sitting in Kelly’s prison inmate account.

A judge has ruled that more than $500,000 of R. Kelly’s music royalties held by UMG (Universal Music Group) must be given out to Brooklyn federal prosecutors to help pay his victims.

Thania Garcia R. Kelly and Universal Music Group will have to pay over $500,000 in music royalties to Brooklyn federal prosecutors to help pay for his victim’s restitution and criminal fines. The company is the imprisoned multiplatinum singer’s longtime music publisher.

R. Kelly's fiancée, Joycelyn Savage, says she's expecting a baby with the incarcerated 55-year-old singer, even though his legal team has denied this.Savage shares her sonogram and tells ET that she's five months pregnant and is having a baby girl. «I'm very excited,» she says.As for why Kelly's lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, told E! that Savage is not pregnant with the singer's child, the 26-year-old says that «his lawyer didn't know that prior to him going to jail, Robert and I were doing IVF because at the time I was told I couldn't have a baby.»«When he got sent to prison, we paused on it and I had them freeze my eggs until I was ready,» Savage tells ET.

R. Kelly was removed from suicide watch by the Metropolitan Detention Center of Brooklyn yesterday (July 5), just days after he sued the facility.The singer has been in custody at the facility following his recent 30-year sentence for the federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges he was convicted of last year.Kelly’s lawyers filed a lawsuit and temporary restraining order against the Brooklyn facility and its warden, Heriberto Tellez, alleging it has a “policy of punishing high profile inmates by placing them under the harsh conditions of suicide watch even though they are not suicidal.”The suit claimed that Kelly was being made to wear a paper smock and wasn’t allowed utensils to eat his meals, and that he was seeking “compensatory damages for all emotional distress, humiliation, pain and suffering, and other harm in an amount to be determined at trial.”According to a new court filing, Tellez has authorised the suicide watch to be lifted following a clinical assessment.

R. Kelly (real name Robert Sylvester Kelly) is suing the Metropolitan Detention Center of Brooklyn for placing him under suicide watch.The singer has been in custody at the facility following his recent 30-year sentence for the federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges he was convicted of last year.As reported by CNN, Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean doesn’t believe her client is suicidal and has been put on suicide watch as “punishment for being high-profile”.“To put someone under suicide watch under those conditions is cruel and unusual when they don’t need it,” she told CNN.

R. Kelly accuser, Lisa Van Allen, is speaking out following Wednesday's court ruling which saw the R&B singer sentenced to 30 yearsin prison in his racketeering and sex trafficking case.Allen reacted to the ruling in a conversation with , telling the outlet that the sentence was fitting after he «preyed on your girls and boys for over 30 years.»«He preyed on young girls and boys for over 30 years — it only seems fit that he’s put away for the same amount of time,» Van Allen, who was the star witness in 2008 when Kelly was in court for child pornography, said.While she said the evidence was against Kelly back in 2008, no one listened, and Kelly was acquitted. Van Allen first met the singer on the set of a music video when she was a minor.

R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty in the New York courts last year of establishing and running a criminal enterprise in order to sexually and physically abuse women and teenagers.The musician continues to deny all the allegations that have been made against him, both during the criminal case in New York and elsewhere. Meanwhile, during the sentencing proceedings, his legal team pushed for a more lenient sentence of no more than ten years, arguing that Kelly had been abused as a child, and that that abuse may have led to his “hypersexuality” as an adult.

R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 yearsin his racketeering and sex trafficking case. On Wednesday, U.S.

30 years, after being convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges.He faced life behind bars for masterminding an elaborate scheme to entice and sexually exploit young aspiring singers and underage children.Following a six-week trial in Brooklyn, Kelly, 55, was found guilty on all nine counts against him, including multiple counts of racketeering, with the charges relating to bribery and forced labour, by a jury in September last year.Kelly – who denied all charges – was also found in violation of an anti-sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act.The musician was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a US federal court in New York for masterminding an scheme to sexually exploit young aspiring singers and underage children.Kelly did not appear to react as the sentence was passed, with judge Ann Donnelly saying during sentencing that he had used his ‘minions’ to ‘lure young fans into your orbit’.She added that he had taught his victims ‘that love is enslavement and violence’.Judge Donnelly told Kelly: ‘Sentencing another human being is probably the most difficult thing a judge has to do.‘It is fair to say, Mr Kelly, that you are a person that had some great advantage, you had worldwide fame and celebrity, untold money.“Using your status and celebrity… you had a system of people that you used to lure young fans into your orbit.‘Having your minions troll for young people at the mall… handing out your phone number… for the opportunity to meet R Kelly.‘You fancied yourself a genius that can do “whatever I want because of what I give to the world.”‘Judge Donnelly added that there were parts of his victims’ testimony that she would ‘never forget’.Before the sentencing, Kelly was branded the ‘pied piper of R&B’ as he came

R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years behind bars on Wednesday.

R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. U.S.

R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a US federal court in New York for masterminding an elaborate scheme to entice and sexually exploit young aspiring singers and underage children. The 55-year-old was found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering which involved women and underage children.Kelly’s sentence follows his conviction on multiple counts of racketeering, relating to bribery and forced labour, by a jury in September last year.The sentence comes nearly 30 years since the first allegation was made.READ MORE: R Kelly guilty of sex trafficking after 'exploiting stardom to recruit victims'His conviction will be seen as a triumph for survivors of sexual violence.Ahead of his sentencing, victims made statements and one who went by the alias Angela said that he "grew in wickedness" with "every addition of a new victim".She said that the victims will "reclaim their names" and are "no longer the preyed-upon individuals they once were".

R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal court in New York on Wednesday 29 June for masterminding an elaborate scheme to entice and sexually exploit young aspiring singers and underage children.The former 90s superstar was branded “the pied piper of R&B” as he came face to face with several of his victims who detailed his “deplorable and inexplicable” abuse during the hearing. Kelly’s sentence follows his conviction on multiple counts of racketeering, relating to bribery and forced labour, by a jury in September last year.The 55-year-old R&B singer was also found in violation of an anti-sex trafficking law known as the Mann Act. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

R Kelly has been granted a two week extension on the deadline to file an appeal against his conviction in the New York courts last year.The extension was required after he contracted COVID-19 in prison. His new lawyer Jennifer Bonjean says her client is “doing well” but that his illness is making it hard from him to discuss the case over the phone.At trial last September, Kelly was found guilty of building and running a criminal enterprise that allowed him to prolifically groom and abuse young people, often teenagers.

R. Kelly is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial, a lawyer for the R&B singer told a judge Tuesday.

Jury selection in the first of the R Kelly sex abuse trials was completed yesterday, with opening statements in the New York case scheduled to begin next week.Judge Ann Donnelly swore in the twelve person jury – made up of seven men and five women – following a three day selection process during which dozens of potential jurors were questioned.Donnelly obviously needed assurances from all of those who will sit on the jury that they will be able to remain impartial, despite the intense media coverage of the case ever since Kelly was charged in 2019.

R&B star R. Kelly will face an anonymous jury made up of seven men and five women when his New York City sex trafficking trial goes forward next week with opening statements.

U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly has ordered a rare hearing to determine whether R&B star R.