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Anastasia Tsioulcas

R. Kelly sentenced to one more year in prison for child pornography

R. Kelly appearing in court in Chicago in Sept. 2019, alongside his attorney Steven Greenberg (L). (Antonio Perez/Pool/Getty Images)

Editor's note: This report includes allegations of sexual and physical abuse.

Disgraced former R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced Thursday in Chicago to one more year in federal prison atop the current 30 years he is serving on a separate federal sentence in New York. The additional year stems from a verdict made last September in an Illinois federal courtroom, in which he was found guilty of making child pornography with three victims, including his 14-year-old godchild, "Jane."

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