Murder, Sexual Assault, And Massive Fraud: 15 Celebrities Who Are In Jail For A Long Time

How he is well-known: Sometimes known as the King of R&B, Kelly is among the best-selling song artists of all time, promoting over 75 million data. “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Ignition (Remix)” are almost certainly his best-known songs. He additionally wrote songs for different artists, together with Michael Jackson’s No. 1 hit, “You Are Not Alone.”

What took place: Allegations of sexual abuse of minors have adopted Kelly for many of his occupation, however for a very long time, he escaped responsibility. In 1994, a then-27-year-old Kelly married his protégé Aaliyah, who was once simply 15 (Aaliyah ended the wedding when her circle of relatives discovered). Two years later, a lady filed a civil swimsuit in opposition to Kelly, alleging that he had a sexual courting together with her beginning at age 15. Kelly settled the case out of court docket.

In 2000, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Chicago police had begun investigations into Kelly and allegations that he’d had intercourse with a minor however needed to drop them because of a loss of cooperation from the accusers. 

In 2002, a video circulated of what was once imagined to be Kelly urinating on an underage girl and tasty in intercourse acts. This resulted in Kelly being charged with 21 counts of kid sexual abuse pictures. Shortly after that, Kelly was once charged in Florida with 12 further fees of manufacturing kid sexual abuse pictures after police raided Kelly’s house and allegedly discovered pictures of him having intercourse with a minor on a virtual digital camera. The Florida fees, on the other hand, had been thrown out when a pass judgement on dominated the police lacked possible reason for the quest warrant. The Chicago fees led to Kelly’s desire, too, when a 2008 trial ended with him being discovered now not in charge as it could not be confirmed the girl at the tape was once a minor. 

In 2017, BuzzFeed News reported that the oldsters of 3 legal-aged younger ladies claimed their daughters had been being “held against their will” by way of Kelly in what was once described as a “cult.” This resulted in others coming ahead with extra allegations in opposition to Kelly, together with that he’d had intercourse with minors. 

Then, in 2019, a complete, six-hour Lifetime documentary, Surviving R. Kelly, put Kelly and his crimes underneath the highlight much more. Police in Chicago charged him with 10 counts of annoyed felony sexual abuse (after obtaining a tape of Kelly allegedly having intercourse with a 14-year-old), and federal government indicted him two times for crimes associated with his sexual abuse of minors. 

In 2022, Kelly was once discovered in charge in each federal trials and sentenced to spend 31 years in prison. He is these days serving his sentence at FCI Butner Medium I, a medium-security jail in North Carolina, and may not be eligible for parole till 2047 when he’s round 80.