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Emails sent from R. Kelly prosecutor’s burner account to author of singer’s book at issue as trial looms

CHICAGO — The Chicago federal case against R. Kelly took yet another strange twist Wednesday when it was revealed that the onetime lead prosecutor used a burner email account and a fake name to communicate with the author of a book on Kelly’s sexual misconduct.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 3, 2022

R. Kelly prosecutor accused of using fake name, private email to communicate with journalist

The claim by attorneys for former Kelly worker Derrel McDavid landed less than two weeks before Kelly is set to go on trial in Chicago’s federal court on Aug. 15.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 3, 2022

'Surviving R. Kelly' helped bring singer down. But #MeToo 'blowback' is real, producer says

R&B icon R. Kelly on Wednesday was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a U.S. district judge for racketeering and sex trafficking, 26 years after the first accusation of sex with an underage girl was brought against the singer.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 1, 2022

‘Everyone failed these young, Black girls’: journalist Jim DeRogatis on his decades-long battle to expose R Kelly

The music critic began reporting on the star’s abuse of Black women and girls back in 2000 – and he kept going for 20 years. Why were his revelations ignored for so long?

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022