A federal appeals court in Chicago has upheld the 20-year prison sentence for singer R. Kelly on child sex convictions. The Grammy Award-winning R&B artist, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted in 2022 on charges including producing child sexual abuse images and enticing minors for sex.
In his appeal, Kelly argued that Illinois' former statute of limitations on child sex crime prosecutions should have applied to his case, but the court ruled against him. The appeals court also rejected Kelly's argument to have charges involving different accusers tried separately.
