A federal judge in Chicago sentenced R. Kelly to one additional year in prison for his conviction on sex crimes, extending a 30-year sentence handed to the Grammy-winning R&B singer after an earlier trial in New York, local media reported
During the five-week trial, several women took the stand and told jurors that Kelly sexually abused them when they were minors. The jury also saw a video of Kelly molesting his goddaughter, who testified that the abuse began in the 1990s when she was a teenager.
Prosecutors have accused Kelly of grooming and preying on women and girls as far back as the mid-1990s, when his music including the 1996 Grammy-winning song "I Believe I Can Fly" propelled him to fame. Federal prosecutors in Chicago argued that the singer was so incorrigible that "the only way to ensure Kelly does not re-offend is to impose a sentence that will keep him in prison for the rest of his life." They wanted to add another 25 years to his existing 30-year sentence.
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