R&B superstar R. Kelly’s musical accomplishments have long been shadowed by allegations that he sexually abused women and children. Now the singer faces a jury verdict in his hometown of Chicago on charges accusing him of rigging his 2008 child pornography trial and of enticing minors for sex.
The deliberations that began Tuesday follow weeks of testimony and come after he was sentenced in June in New York to three decades behind bars on federal sex trafficking charges. While Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, has vehemently denied the allegations, his accusers testified that he subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage.
