R&B superstar R. Kelly's notorious history of sex allegations and convictions

Amid R Kelly's ongoing sex trafficking trial, a male accuser on Monday testified against the singer and stated he had performed a sexual act on him when he was 17 years old.&nbsp; 
 
The man, who testified under the pseudonym Louis claimed that the singer promised him fame in exchange for sex.&nbsp; 
The man revealed that the singer asked him what he "was willing to do for music". 
 
The singer then crawled towards him and performed a sex act even though Louis stated he 'wasn't into it'.&nbsp; 
 
Mr Kelly, 54, has denied all the charges against him which include a single count of racketeering and eight counts of violating interstate anti-sex trafficking laws as the Mann Act.&nbsp; 
 
On Monday, the jury heard from two accusers, both of whom said they were underage when they met Mr Kelly. 
Louis claimed he first met Kelly in 2006 when he was working night shift at a McDonald's in Chicago.&nbsp; 
 
According to the accusers, Mr Kelly slipped him his phone number, and invited him to his house, saying he could perform in his recording studio and receive some tips on the music business. 
 
He claimes that on such occassion, the singer asked him if he ever had any fantasies involving men, then allegedly "crawled down on his knees and proceeded to give me oral sex". 
 
Afterwards, "he told me to keep between him and me", adding, "we family now, we brothers", Louis alleged. 
 
He said Mr Kelly asked him to call him "daddy" - something that several female accusers have also alleged about the singer and he would routinely film their sexual encounters. 
 
He told the court he kept seeing Mr Kelly because he "really wanted to make it" in the music industry, and sometimes took friends to the singer's parties. 
 
One of them, a 16-year-old boy, also had sexual encounters with Mr Kelly, according to court documents. On one occasion, the singer directed the two to "touch each other" sexually, Louis testified, but they refused. 
 
On Monday, the court also heard a woman who testified that Kelly sexually assaulted her at the age of 17 after a concert in Miami in 1994. 
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Amid R Kelly's ongoing sex trafficking trial, a male accuser on Monday testified against the singer and stated he had performed a sexual act on him when he was 17 years old.

Amid R Kelly's ongoing sex trafficking trial, a male accuser on Monday testified against the singer and stated he had performed a sexual act on him when he was 17 years old. The man, who testified under the pseudonym Louis claimed that the singer promised him fame in exchange for sex. The man revealed that the singer asked him what he "was willing to do for music". The singer then crawled towards him and performed a sex act even though Louis stated he 'wasn't into it'. Mr Kelly, 54, has denied all the charges against him which include a single count of racketeering and eight counts of violating interstate anti-sex trafficking laws as the Mann Act. On Monday, the jury heard from two accusers, both of whom said they were underage when they met Mr Kelly. Louis claimed he first met Kelly in 2006 when he was working night shift at a McDonald's in Chicago. According to the accusers, Mr Kelly slipped him his phone number, and invited him to his house, saying he could perform in his recording studio and receive some tips on the music business. He claimes that on such occassion, the singer asked him if he ever had any fantasies involving men, then allegedly "crawled down on his knees and proceeded to give me oral sex". Afterwards, "he told me to keep between him and me", adding, "we family now, we brothers", Louis alleged. He said Mr Kelly asked him to call him "daddy" - something that several female accusers have also alleged about the singer and he would routinely film their sexual encounters. He told the court he kept seeing Mr Kelly because he "really wanted to make it" in the music industry, and sometimes took friends to the singer's parties. One of them, a 16-year-old boy, also had sexual encounters with Mr Kelly, according to court documents. On one occasion, the singer directed the two to "touch each other" sexually, Louis testified, but they refused. On Monday, the court also heard a woman who testified that Kelly sexually assaulted her at the age of 17 after a concert in Miami in 1994.

Now, R Kelly accused of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old boy

A Brooklyn judge denied bail to singer-songwriter R&nbsp;Kelly in his sex abuse case after the accused artist requested to be released while awaiting trial. 
 
The singer`s lawyers asked a federal judge earlier this week if he would reconsider his decision to hold Kelly in jail without bond, according to the Chicago Tribune, reported People. 
 
While his lawyers argued that even if the 52-year-old singer was out on bail he does not have the funds to leave the country, new legal documents obtained by TMZ state prosecutors believe that the star is still deemed a flight risk. 
 
The outlet cited prosecutors who alleged that following Kelly`s release on bail in Illinois, he attempted to travel to Dubai with two of his girlfriends and that he continues to earn thousands of dollars in music royalties, which he allegedly has been redirecting to a friend`s bank account.

According to Page Six, Kelly was not present in court on Wednesday for Brooklyn federal Judge Ann Donnelly`s decision. Donnelly noted that she found Kelly`s finances to be "murky, to say the least," and if he was to be released on bail there would be "nothing to deter him" from threatening the witnesses in the case. 
 
On Monday, an 11-page motion was filed in US&nbsp;District Court in Brooklyn in which Kelly`s lawyer, Steven Greenberg, complained about the unfair restrictions for his client while being held in the general population at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, as cited by People. 
 
"His visits are severely restricted. Presently, he is only allowed one unrelated person to visit. In other words, although he lives and has lived with two lady friends, only one of them is allowed to be on his visiting list, and after 90 days he is required to switch," Greenberg claimed. 
 
"No other friends or professional colleagues are allowed to visit. That is not right," Greenberg added. 
 
The Grammy-winning singer is currently facing charges of sex-trafficking, sexual assault and child pornography spread throughout Brooklyn, Chicago, and Minneapolis. 
 
In June, he pleaded not guilty to 11 felony sexual abuse counts after he was charged by Cook County prosecutors in Chicago. The charges included five counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, coming from one accuser who said that Kelly abused her in 2009 and 2010 while she was a minor. 
 
A month later, the `Write Me Back` singer was arrested again and indicted on federal charges including child pornography, racketeering and obstruction of justice in both Illinois and New York. He has remained jailed since then after being denied bail. 
In August, Kelly was charged with two sex crimes in Minnesota after supposedly paying a teen girl USD 200 to dance nude back in 2001. The trial is set to begin on May 18, 2020, and the proceeding is likely to take three weeks. 
 
The singer has faced accusations of abuse and inappropriate encounters with females for more than two decades. Kelly, who was also the subject of the documentary `Surviving R Kelly`, has denied all the allegations levelled against him.&nbsp;

A Brooklyn judge denied bail to singer-songwriter R Kelly in his sex abuse case after the accused artist requested to be released while awaiting trial. The singer`s lawyers asked a federal judge earlier this week if he would reconsider his decision to hold Kelly in jail without bond, according to the Chicago Tribune, reported People.

A Brooklyn judge denied bail to singer-songwriter R Kelly in his sex abuse case after the accused artist requested to be released while awaiting trial. The singer`s lawyers asked a federal judge earlier this week if he would reconsider his decision to hold Kelly in jail without bond, according to the Chicago Tribune, reported People. While his lawyers argued that even if the 52-year-old singer was out on bail he does not have the funds to leave the country, new legal documents obtained by TMZ state prosecutors believe that the star is still deemed a flight risk. The outlet cited prosecutors who alleged that following Kelly`s release on bail in Illinois, he attempted to travel to Dubai with two of his girlfriends and that he continues to earn thousands of dollars in music royalties, which he allegedly has been redirecting to a friend`s bank account. According to Page Six, Kelly was not present in court on Wednesday for Brooklyn federal Judge Ann Donnelly`s decision. Donnelly noted that she found Kelly`s finances to be "murky, to say the least," and if he was to be released on bail there would be "nothing to deter him" from threatening the witnesses in the case. On Monday, an 11-page motion was filed in US District Court in Brooklyn in which Kelly`s lawyer, Steven Greenberg, complained about the unfair restrictions for his client while being held in the general population at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, as cited by People. "His visits are severely restricted. Presently, he is only allowed one unrelated person to visit. In other words, although he lives and has lived with two lady friends, only one of them is allowed to be on his visiting list, and after 90 days he is required to switch," Greenberg claimed. "No other friends or professional colleagues are allowed to visit. That is not right," Greenberg added. The Grammy-winning singer is currently facing charges of sex-trafficking, sexual assault and child pornography spread throughout Brooklyn, Chicago, and Minneapolis. In June, he pleaded not guilty to 11 felony sexual abuse counts after he was charged by Cook County prosecutors in Chicago. The charges included five counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, coming from one accuser who said that Kelly abused her in 2009 and 2010 while she was a minor. A month later, the `Write Me Back` singer was arrested again and indicted on federal charges including child pornography, racketeering and obstruction of justice in both Illinois and New York. He has remained jailed since then after being denied bail. In August, Kelly was charged with two sex crimes in Minnesota after supposedly paying a teen girl USD 200 to dance nude back in 2001. The trial is set to begin on May 18, 2020, and the proceeding is likely to take three weeks. The singer has faced accusations of abuse and inappropriate encounters with females for more than two decades. Kelly, who was also the subject of the documentary `Surviving R Kelly`, has denied all the allegations levelled against him.

R Kelly denied bail, trial date set for May 2020

US R&amp;B singer R. Kelly faces a bail hearing on Tuesday over federal charges that he ran a racketeering scheme trafficking women and girls for sex. 
In indictments unsealed in Brooklyn, New York, and Chicago on Friday, the prosecutors said Kelly, 52, forcibly kept people under his control and then intimidated witnesses and bought their silence. 
 
Kelly, already charged with sexual assault in Illinois, was taken into custody by New York City police detectives and federal agents on Thursday in Chicago. 
The Grammy award-winning singer is set to appear in US&nbsp;District Court in Chicago on Tuesday for a detention hearing on both the Chicago and New York indictments. He faces counts ranging from enticing a minor, to child pornography and obstruction of justice. 
 
Kelly`s lawyer Steve Greenberg in a statement on Friday said charges stem mostly from "decades-old" conduct and were already part of the Illinois case or previous allegations of which Kelly was acquitted. 
 
Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, who said he represents three of the victims cited in the federal indictment, on Monday said Kelly paid over $2 million to keep an alleged victim off the stand in his 2008 trial on child pornography charges. Kelly was acquitted on those charges. 
 
The federal indictment in Chicago alleges that Kelly's acquittal followed concerted efforts by him and people around him to conceal evidence and bribe witnesses to prevent their cooperation in the investigation.

Speaking at a televised news conference on Monday, Avenatti said of the three victims he represents in the federal indictments, two are in Chicago and one in New York. Avenatti said he had provided federal prosecutors evidence such as text messages as well as interviews with alleged victims of sexual assault by Kelly and others when they were 14, 15 and 16 years of age.&nbsp; 
 
Avenatti, who formerly represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her claim of having had an affair with President Donald Trump, faces legal problems himself, including charges of fraud and embezzlement.

"For a guy who has so many issues he sure does cast stones," Greenberg tweeted in response to Avenatti`s allegations. 
 
Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, former members of Kelly’s entourage, were also named as defendants in the Chicago case.&nbsp;

US R&B singer R. Kelly faces a bail hearing on Tuesday over federal charges that he ran a racketeering scheme trafficking women and girls for sex. In indictments unsealed in Brooklyn, New York, and Chicago on Friday, the prosecutors said Kelly, 52, forcibly kept people under his control and then intimidated witnesses and bought their silence.

US R&B singer R. Kelly faces a bail hearing on Tuesday over federal charges that he ran a racketeering scheme trafficking women and girls for sex. In indictments unsealed in Brooklyn, New York, and Chicago on Friday, the prosecutors said Kelly, 52, forcibly kept people under his control and then intimidated witnesses and bought their silence. Kelly, already charged with sexual assault in Illinois, was taken into custody by New York City police detectives and federal agents on Thursday in Chicago. The Grammy award-winning singer is set to appear in US District Court in Chicago on Tuesday for a detention hearing on both the Chicago and New York indictments. He faces counts ranging from enticing a minor, to child pornography and obstruction of justice. Kelly`s lawyer Steve Greenberg in a statement on Friday said charges stem mostly from "decades-old" conduct and were already part of the Illinois case or previous allegations of which Kelly was acquitted. Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, who said he represents three of the victims cited in the federal indictment, on Monday said Kelly paid over $2 million to keep an alleged victim off the stand in his 2008 trial on child pornography charges. Kelly was acquitted on those charges. The federal indictment in Chicago alleges that Kelly's acquittal followed concerted efforts by him and people around him to conceal evidence and bribe witnesses to prevent their cooperation in the investigation. Speaking at a televised news conference on Monday, Avenatti said of the three victims he represents in the federal indictments, two are in Chicago and one in New York. Avenatti said he had provided federal prosecutors evidence such as text messages as well as interviews with alleged victims of sexual assault by Kelly and others when they were 14, 15 and 16 years of age. Avenatti, who formerly represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her claim of having had an affair with President Donald Trump, faces legal problems himself, including charges of fraud and embezzlement. "For a guy who has so many issues he sure does cast stones," Greenberg tweeted in response to Avenatti`s allegations. Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, former members of Kelly’s entourage, were also named as defendants in the Chicago case.

Singer R Kelly faces bail hearing over sex trafficking allegations