{"id":20053,"date":"2021-09-27T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20053"},"modified":"2021-09-27T19:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T23:51:07","slug":"r-kelly-guilty-in-sex-trafficking-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/09\/27\/r-kelly-guilty-in-sex-trafficking-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"R Kelly guilty in sex trafficking trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US singer R Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eleven accusers, nine women and two men, took the stand over the searing six-week trial to describe sexual humiliation and violence at his hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After two days of deliberation, the jury found Kelly guilty on all the charges he was facing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sentencing is due on 4 May and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The jury found Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was the ringleader of a violent and coercive scheme that lured women and children for him to sexually abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The singer – most famous for the award-winning song I Believe I Can Fly – was also found to have trafficked women between different US states, produced child pornography and engaged in kidnapping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One woman who testified that Kelly imprisoned, drugged and raped her said in a written statement after the verdict that she had “been hiding” from Kelly “due to threats made against me” since she went public with her accusations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’m ready to start living my life free from fear and to start the healing process,” the woman, identified in court as Sonja, added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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