R. Kelly now also accused of sexually abusing 17-year-old boy

American RnB singer R. Kelly (54) is now also suspected of sexually abusing an underage boy in addition to sexually abusing underage girls. According to the federal prosecutor in New York, the artist had sex with a 17-year-old boy, whom he met at McDonald’s in 2006.

child porn

Robert Kelly been stuck for two years on suspicion of abusing multiple women and girls. On August 9, 2021, the criminal trial will begin against the singer, who is accused by federal prosecutors in New York and Chicago of sexual exploitation, making child pornography, kidnapping, forced labor, extortion and obstruction of justice.

Wider pattern

The federal prosecutor has now added more than ten new allegations to the file, including that of the 17-year-old boy. The official charges against Kelly will not be expanded, but the prosecutor wants to discuss them in the trial so that the jury can see that they are “not isolated events and part of a wider pattern”.

Studio

Kelly is said to have met the underage boy at a McDonald’s branch in December 2006. The boy aspired to a career as a musician to which the singer would have invited him to his studio in Chicago. There Kelly would have asked the boy what he was willing to do to make it in the music industry, after which the two had sex on his initiative.

Sex Videos

Through the underage victim, Kelly also came into contact with another boy, aged 16 at the time, with whom the singer started a sexual relationship a few years later, according to the prosecutor. Kelly would also have filmed the two boys while they had sex with some of the artist’s friends, who lived with him. The singer then made film recordings of this for his own enjoyment, but also to be able to blackmail his victims.

Controversial

The artist himself denies all accusations and says he has done nothing wrong. However, R. Kelly has always had a tinge of controversy. He has been accused of sexual abuse and misconduct since the 1990s, often involving underage girls. In 2002 he was charged with producing child pornography, but in 2008 he was acquitted of all charges.

Illegal marriage

In 1994, 27-year-old R. Kelly secretly married his protégé, RnB singer Aaliyah, who was only 15 years old at the time. The illegal marriage was declared invalid. Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas in 2001.

R. Kelly scored hits in the nineties with the songs She’s Got That Vibe, Bump n’ Grind, I Believe I Can Fly in If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time.

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