R Kelly Sexual Abuse Case

As R Kelly undergoes trial for sexual exploitation, analysing how his music has been affected by what critics call 'social death'

The broadcast of Lifetime documentary series Surviving R. Kelly led to the R&B singer's "social death," in which corporations and everyday members of society — exercise instructors, Uber drivers, backyard barbecue DJs — make a collective decision to stop embracing an artist.

'R Kelly used fame to groom, exploit girls,' prosecutor tells court as singer's sex abuse trial gets underway in New York

R Kelly is charged with racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and forced labour between 1994 and 2018

R Kelly goes under trial in Brooklyn court over racketeering and sexual abuse allegations

An anonymous jury made up of seven men and five women have been sworn in to hear the R Kelly case on Wednesday.

As R Kelly goes to trial, a timeline of minors sexual abuse, child pornography allegations against singer

R Kelly’s federal case in Chicago is on hold while the racketeering case unfolds in Brooklyn; the judge set a status hearing for 17 August. If convicted, Kelly could face up to 20 years in prison.

Coronavirus Outbreak: R Kelly, awaiting sexual abuse trial, seeks release from Chicago prison citing pandemic risk

R Kelly faces several dozen counts of state and federal sexual misconduct charges in Illinois, Minnesota and New York, from sexual assault to heading a racketeering scheme aimed at supplying him with girls

R Kelly released from jail after posting $100,000 bail; R&B singer pleads not guilty in sexual abuse case

R Kelly arrested on Friday on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse, and the bail was set at $1 million

R Kelly's bail set at $1 million in sexual abuse case; singer's lawyer calls decision 'fair and reasonable'

R&B singer R Kelly's bond was set at USD 1 million by a Chicago judge on Saturday (local time) after he was arrested and indicted on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse against four alleged victims