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R. Kelly sues feds over leak of private information while locked up in Chicago

Kelly is being held at a medium-security prison in North Carolina, records show. He is serving a decadeslong sentence for sex crimes.

Chicago Sun-Times

How on earth is Chris Brown still successfully releasing music?

The R&B mega-star has continued to flourish, despite a well-documented history of violence. It sets a deplorable example

Evening Standard

The Chris Brown problem that never dies

As we reframe the way abusers exist in our society, Brown's role as a celebrity always comes into question

Salon

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R. Kelly to use royalties to pay victims

R. Kelly is currently serving 30 years in prison for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking conviction

Salon

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘I can’t regret working with R Kelly – it made me better able to judge my behaviour and that of others’

The artist also known as Will Oldham reveals his favourite children’s song, his love of volcanoes – and why he covered Mariah Carey and Sinéad O’Connor

The Guardian - UK

2 Chicago-area people indicted with Trump, accused of trying to overturn Georgia election results

Trevian C. Kutti, a publicist who worked with R. Kelly and Kanye West, and Stephen Cliffgard Lee, a Lutheran pastor, are accused of pressuring an election worker to make false claims of voter fraud.

Chicago Sun-Times

Elvis Presley 'liked teen girls' and came onto one 'like Godzilla' in hotel room

Alanna Nash, who has written books about the star, compares him to R Kelly in new documentary highlighting a dark side to the rock 'n' roll legend

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R Kelly prosecutors say music royalties should go to his victims

R Kelly is currently serving a 30 year prison sentence in a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina

The Independent UK

Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight review – the awful truth behind the abuse that shocked a nation

Though we have seen and heard it all before, this two-part documentary gives voice to the Australian presenter’s many victims and asks questions of his enablers

The Guardian - UK

Minnesota prosecutors drop state sex charges against R&B singer R. Kelly, citing federal convictions

Prosecutors in Minnesota have dropped sex abuse charges against R. Kelly

The Independent UK

Federal prisons want inmates to pay victims, before making phone calls or buying shoes

A proposed Bureau of Prisons rule would put the majority of money sent to an incarcerated person from outside toward restitution or other fines.

WEKU

Singer R. Kelly moved to North Carolina prison from Chicago

Federal prison officials say singer R. Kelly has been moved from a Chicago correctional center to a medium-security facility in North Carolina

The Independent UK

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Buzz Aldrin to be promoted to Air Force general

Tribune News Service

R Kelly appeals NY sex trafficking and racketeering conviction, says he’s a victim of the #MeToo movement

NEW YORK — Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly says he’s a victim of the #MeToo movement and wants a New York appeals court to toss his Brooklyn conviction or give him a new trial.

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The Guardian - UK

Surviving R Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter review – this glorious series has helped to make history

Repulsion and righteous fury at the activity of the R&B megastar give way to immense pride in every activist, survivor, journalist and film-maker who took on and defeated this wolf in wolf’s clothing

The Guardian - UK

Beef to Tiny Beautiful Things: the seven best shows to stream this week

A riotously enjoyable black comedy about a road rage-fuelled war of attrition, and Kathryn Hahn shines as an agony aunt

Politico

Opinion | The Painful Lesson Donald Trump Could Learn from R. Kelly and Michael Avenatti

The New York hush money case might be legally weak. But defendants who face multiple indictments simultaneously often find themselves overwhelmed and ultimately convicted.

Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly’s ‘one more year’ is another slight for the R&B singer’s victims

If he survives, Kelly will be an old man when he walks out of prison. I can’t predict the future, but more than likely, Kelly will never have the fame and fortune that allowed him to lure underage girls into a sexual trap.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Picture Chicago: 16 must-see photos from the last week

Campaign efforts, protests and more highlight our photographers’ best photos from the last week.

Fortune

R. Kelly, Harvey Weinstein sentences and MeToo backlash

The sentences show that real consequences—and change—are possible.

Chicago Sun-Times

The scramble to help newly arrived migrants, R. Kelly’s sentence and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a five-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Al Jazeera

R Kelly avoids lengthy addition to prison sentence

The R&B singer was given one additional year of prison time for child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex.

AFP

R. Kelly gets new 20-year jail term for child porn crimes

New York (AFP) - A US judge on Thursday handed disgraced Ramp;B singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison term for child pornography and other charges -- but he will serve most of it simultaneously with a previous sentence.

Daily Record

R Kelly to serve extra year in jail on top of 30-year sentence for sex offences

US District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison.

Evening Standard

R Kelly to serve just extra year in prison for convictions for child pornography and enticing minors for sex

Disgraced R&B star avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence he is currently serving

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