After a tense six-week trial, singer R Kelly has been found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering and could face life in prison.
The I Believe I Can Fly performer has been found guilty of using his fame and status to run a scheme that allowed him to sexually abuse women and children for more than 20 years.
After two days of deliberation in a Brooklyn federal court, the jury found R Kelly guilty of all charges he was faced with including eight counts of sex trafficking and racketeering, a charge normally used against those associated with organised crime.
Eleven accusers, including nine woman and two men, some of who cannot be named, took to the stand to describe the torment, violence and humiliation they faced at R Kelly’s hands.
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