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

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

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

R Kelly has been sentenced to just one more year in prison for federal paedophilia charges, with the judge determining his actions didn't merit a sex trafficking enhancement

The disgraced former R&B star is already serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering. On Thursday, he was given one more year in prison for having made pornography with three children.

The Grammy-winning artist, who once won hearts around the world with his “I Believe I Can Fly” anthem in the 1990s, remains on track to leave prison in the 2040s when he’s in his late 70s.

CHICAGO — A dramatic legal saga that began in a Cook County courtroom 20 years ago drew to a close in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday as disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to an additional year in prison on his conviction here.

CHICAGO — A dramatic legal saga that began in a Cook County courtroom 20 years ago will draw to a close Thursday when disgraced R&B star R. Kelly is slated for sentencing in Chicago’s federal courthouse on convictions related to child pornography and sexual conduct with minors.