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Grammy-winning artist R. Kelly arrives for a child support hearing at a Cook County courthouse in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 6, 2019. [Reuters, Kamil Krzaczynsk]
American R&B singer Robert Kelly, better known as R Kelly, was convicted this week of more than a dozen crimes relating to his sexual exploitation of underage girls and young women that dates some 20 years back. Some young men were similarly exploited.
The gory details of Kelly’s transgressions some include imprisonment of minors who had to seek his permission to use the bathroom—some would be denied that luxury for three days—while others were asked to smear feaces on their faces.
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