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Naas put up brave fight but Ballyhale’s class shines through as they book place in Leinster final

IN cold print, it all looks boringly predictable: a 12-point cruise for last season’s All-Ireland runners-up. Nothing to see here, move along.

Irish Independent

R. Kelly crony gets 20 months in prison for harassing singer’s victim, releasing nude pictures online

An R. Kelly crony was sentenced to 20 months behind bars for releasing explicit photos of the disgraced singer’s victim on the internet — but not before he whined that his reputation had taken a hit after his arrest.

Tribune News Service

R. Kelly’s lawyer points to technicalities, argues singer deserves acquittal or new trial in Chicago

Kelly is already serving a 30-year prison sentence for a racketeering conviction in New York. His time behind bars is likely to increase when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber.

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Still no movement in R. Kelly cases in Illinois' Cook County

CHICAGO — Two months after R. Kelly’s second federal trial concluded, there has been no apparent movement in his Cook County cases.

Chicago Tribune

Cook County prosecutors undecided on new R. Kelly trial

Dec. 13 hearing set for R&B singer convicted on federal charges related to sex with underage girls in New York, Chicago, after prosecutors seek more time to gather documents.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why Spotify and Apple Music haven't pulled Kanye West's songs

LOS ANGELES — A week after Endeavor Chief Executive Ari Emanuel called for businesses to cut ties with the artist formerly known as Kanye West after his antisemitic remarks, companies such as Adidas and the Gap stopped working with him.

Los Angeles Times

R. Kelly’s ex-business manager wants $850,000 in attorneys’ fees after acquittal

Derrel McDavid’s defense team aggressively challenged the feds’ case during the trial, and McDavid spent more than two days on the witness stand. In a motion Monday, his defense attorney also seemed to take some credit for helping Kelly avoid conviction on additional charges.

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Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly attorney told singer will have to appear in state court for future hearings

Prosecutors said they were not ready to make a decision about whether they would continue with their prosecution.

Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly has been convicted twice in federal court. Will Cook County also prosecute him?

R&B star still faces charges for sexual abuse of four victims, including three minors, in Cook County.

Chicago Sun-Times

R Kelly may be ordered to pay over £276,000 for treatment for one of his victims

Disgraced singer R Kelly may be ordered to pay over 300,000 dollars (£276,000) to one of the victims of his elaborate scheme to sexually exploit young aspiring singers and underage children.

Irish Independent

R. Kelly’s fans donated nearly $28,000 to his prison commissary account, lawyer says

R. Kelly’s fans have put nearly $28,000 into the disgraced R&B singer’s prison commissary account, his lawyers revealed at a hearing in federal court Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Sentencing, lawsuits and more trials: R. Kelly’s guilty verdict in Chicago won’t end singer’s troubles

The R&B star is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 23.

Chicago Sun-Times

More trials? Consecutive sentences? What’s next for convicted R&B singer R. Kelly

For the second time in less than a year, Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly finds himself convicted of serious federal child-sex crimes and staring at a lengthy prison term.

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Chicago’s chances of getting Democratic National Convention looking better and better, top source says

SNEED: The decision is likely between the Windy City and the Big Apple, with crime and fundraising a factor for both

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Now that R. Kelly’s locked up, maybe he can get some real help

And maybe his conviction and sentencing might also prompt other sexual abusers to get the psychiatric help they need before it’s too late.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: R. Kelly acquitted on rigging trial. Why?

Federal prosecutors this week scored multiple convictions against R. Kelly at the singer’s trial in Chicago, but they lost on the headline charge — that Kelly obstructed justice by rigging his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted him

Chicago Sun-Times

Here are the counts R. Kelly was found guilty of — and the ones he wasn’t

The disgraced R&B superstar was found guilty of abusing three girls in federal court in Chicago Wednesday.

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Daily Record

R Kelly convicted of six counts on child abuse image charges in latest criminal trial

The jury convicted the 55-year-old after a four-week court case in his hometown of Chicago, however the disgraced star was acquitted of fixing a state trial on child pornography charges in 2008.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Near-total abortion ban takes effect in Indiana

Law in effect wipes out abortion access for 1.5 million people in the state, which was a safe haven for those seeking the procedure. Plus, how house music changed the world

Dynamite News

American Singer R Kelly found guilty in child pornography case

American singer R. Kelly has been convicted on federal child pornography charges. Read more on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

R Kelly: Disgraced former R&B star convicted of child porn and sex abuse charges

Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement

Chicago Sun-Times

Former R. Kelly business manager Derrel McDavid acquitted on all counts

McDavid testified that he followed lawyers’ advice as he helped coordinate payoffs ahead of Kelly’s 2008 child porn trial — payments federal prosecutors alleged was hush money.

Chicago Tribune

R. Kelly convicted on child pornography charges at federal trial in Chicago; acquitted of conspiring to obstruct justice

CHICAGO — In a split verdict after a hotly contested trial, a federal jury in Chicago on Wednesday convicted disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges for videotaping himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter decades ago.

AFP

R. Kelly convicted of child pornography charges

Washington (AFP) - Disgraced Ramp;B singer R. Kelly, who is serving a 30-year sentence for sex offenses, was found guilty of child pornography and other charges on Wednesday after a month-long trial in his hometown of Chicago.

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