Legal hurdles would look familiar in any new R. Kelly case

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors will have to clear a series of high legal hurdles if they intend to charge R. Kelly and convict him, even if there’s video evidence. One case illustrates the difficulties: The R&B star’s own 2008 trial at which he was acquitted. At the heart of that child pornography trial was a... Read More

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R. Kelly

January 31, 2019

Speech law makes docs on Jackson, R. Kelly tough to stop

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denials and denunciations. Lawsuits and legal threats. Attacks and pushback. What’s a documentarian to do? While the medium is having a powerful cultural moment, documentaries’ paths to the screen can be perilous when they make damning claims about high-profile subjects, like the recent Lifetime television series on R. Kelly or an... Read More

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Michael Jackson, R. Kelly

January 15, 2019

R. Kelly accuser says he threatened to reveal her sex life

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly wrote a letter threatening to reveal embarrassing details of a woman’s sexual history if she didn’t drop a lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse, the woman and her lawyer said Monday. In the letter, a person identifying himself as R. Kelly warned a lawyer for the woman, Faith Rodgers,... Read More

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Michelle Kramer, R. Kelly

January 14, 2019

Documentary puts new attention on R. Kelly sex allegations

R. Kelly, one of the top-selling recording artists of all time, has been dogged for years by allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and underage girls — accusations he and his attorneys have long denied. But an Illinois prosecutor’s plea for potential victims and witnesses to come forward and new protests have sparked hope among... Read More

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R. Kelly

May 23, 2018

Woman accuses R. Kelly of sexual battery, giving her herpes

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly sexually abused and demeaned a woman, locked her in rooms and vehicles for punishment and infected her with herpes, according to a lawsuit that furthers a string of misconduct accusations against the platinum-selling singer. Faith Rodgers said in the suit filed Monday in New York that the “I Believe... Read More

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R. Kelly

May 4, 2018

At what point does crying ‘lynching’ trivialize the word?

WASHINGTON (AP) — R. Kelly says boycotting his music because of the sexual abuse allegations against him amounts to a “public lynching.” Bill Cosby’s people say his conviction was a lynching, too. Kanye West, in trying to defend his inflammatory comments about slavery, has been tweeting lynching imagery to assure fans he won’t be silenced.... Read More

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R. Kelly

Legal hurdles would look familiar in any new R. Kelly case

Speech law makes docs on Jackson, R. Kelly tough to stop

R. Kelly accuser says he threatened to reveal her sex life

Documentary puts new attention on R. Kelly sex allegations

Woman accuses R. Kelly of sexual battery, giving her herpes

At what point does crying ‘lynching’ trivialize the word?

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Legal hurdles would look familiar in any new R. Kelly case

Speech law makes docs on Jackson, R. Kelly tough to stop

R. Kelly accuser says he threatened to reveal her sex life

Documentary puts new attention on R. Kelly sex allegations

Woman accuses R. Kelly of sexual battery, giving her herpes

At what point does crying ‘lynching’ trivialize the word?

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