R. Kelly: The History Of Allegations Against The R&B Singer

For more than two decades, chart-topping R&B singer R. Kelly had faced allegations of sexual abuse. The accounts went back to the start of his career in the 1990s, with many centring on the predatory pursuit of teenage girls. In September 2021, he was found guilty of eight counts of sex trafficking and one of racketeering in a New York court, and on Wednesday he was sentenced to 30 years in jail for sex abuse. The singer - whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - is separately facing trial in Chicago on child sex images and obstruction charges. He is…