Rapper R. Kelly Raped women and underage girls for 25 years.
Found guilty today of Rape and Sex Trafficking.
Following weeks of graphic and emotional testimony, R. Kelly was convicted Monday on all counts in his New York sex-trafficking trial.
“To the victims in this case, your voices were heard and Justice was finally served,” Acting U.S. Attorney Jacquelyn Kasulis said Monday outside the Brooklyn courthouse Monday, where a jury convicted the 54-year-old R&B star on all nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering following less than two days of deliberations.
Here’s an abridged timeline of the key events that led to this moment.
November 1993: Kelly, a Chicago native who discovered his passion for music as a teenager, breaks into the national consciousness with the release of his debut studio album “12 Play,” anchored by the hit singles “Sex Me” and “Bump N’ Grind.”
Aug. 31, 1994: At 27, Kelly illegally marries 15-year-old singer Aaliyah, in a secret ceremony. The marriage is annulled months later because Aaliyah was underage. (She died in a plane crash in August 2001, when she was 22.)
November 1996: “I Believe I Can Fly,” released on the soundtrack for the movie “Space Jam,” peaks at No. 2 on the Billboard Pop Chart. The song goes on to become a classic of the R&B genre.
The same year, Kelly marries Andrea Lee, 22, a dancer from his touring company. They go on to have three children: Joanne, Jaya and Robert Jr.
December 1996: Tiffany Hawkins, a high school student and aspiring singer, sues Kelly for $10 million and alleges they began having sex in 1991, when he was 24 and she was 15, according to a Chicago Sun-Times article published in 2000.
January 1998: Hawkins’ lawsuit is settled for $250,000 and Kelly denies any wrongdoing, according to the Chicago Sun-Times article. The next month, Kelly wins three Grammy Awards for “I Believe I Can Fly.”
There are more Victims ..
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/timeline-r-kelly-allegations-n1280065
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