Key takeaways:
- R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex.
- The sentence will be served nearly all of the sentence simultaneously with a 30-year sentence imposed last year on racketeering charges.
- Kelly is currently in federal custody and is expected to remain there until his sentencing in New York, and his lawyers plan to appeal the convictions.
R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for his convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex. The sentence will be served nearly all of the sentence simultaneously with a 30-year sentence imposed last year on racketeering charges.
The sentencing took place in Kelly’s hometown of Chicago, and the central question was whether U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber would order that the 56-year-old serve the sentence simultaneously with or only after he completes the New York term for 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking convictions.
Leinenweber ultimately decided that Kelly should serve one year in prison following his New York sentence. Prosecutors had acknowledged that a lengthy term served simultaneously with the New York sentence would be a “significant punishment” for Kelly.
The Grammy Award winner was convicted in July of 13 counts of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex. He was also convicted in August of racketeering and sex trafficking charges in New York.
Kelly is currently in federal custody and is expected to remain there until his sentencing in New York. His lawyers have said they plan to appeal the convictions.
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