Crime & Safety
Jury Reaches Verdict In R. Kelly Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Trial
The 54-year-old pleaded not guilty to racketeering, which has 14 underlying crimes associated with it.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Jurors began deliberations last Friday after hearing six weeks of testimony from 50 witnesses, including 45 for the prosecution. Prosecutors argued the witnesses and evidence show Kelly ran an enterprise of assistants, bodyguards and others, all used “to target, groom and exploit girls, boys and young women for his own sexual gratification.”
Among the claims detailed at trial was his marriage to the late R&B singer Aaliyah. It’s alleged a government worker was bribed to get her a fake ID so Kelly could marry the 15-year-old because he feared he had gotten her pregnant.
