R Kelly, 54, faces charges he was ringleader of under-age sex ring

Singer R. Kelly goes on trial on Brooklyn today on charges he was the ringleader of an under-age Porn Sex ring.

The R&B star, Indo Bokep 54, has been accused to leading the Porn Sex ring where women had to call him ‘Daddy’ and Porn Video had to ask him to use the bathroom. 

Kelly, a three-time Grammy winner, Porn Video whose songs include ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ and ‘Bump N’ Grind,’ has pleaded not guilty and strongly denied wrongdoing. 

He will return to criminal court today for opening statement in his long-anticipated federal trial following years of allegations he sexually abused women and Foto Porno girls while pursing fame and fortune. 

More than a decade has passed since Kelly was acquitted in a 2008 child pornography case in Chicago. 

It was a reprieve that allowed his music career to continue until the #MeToo era caught up with him, emboldening alleged victims to come forward.

The women’s stories got wide exposure with the Lifetime documentary ‘Surviving R.

Kelly.’ 

The series explored how an entourage of supporters protected Kelly and silenced his victims for Foto Telanjang decades, Foto Porno foreshadowing a federal racketeering conspiracy case that landed in Kelly in jail in 2019.

Prosecutors in Brooklyn have lined up multiple female accusers – mostly referred to in court as ‘Jane Does’ – and Porn Sex cooperating former associates who have never spoken publicly before about their experiences with Kelly.

They are expected to offer testimony about how Kelly’s managers, bodyguards and Video Bokep other employees helped him recruit women and girls – and sometimes boys – for Foto Porno sexual exploitation. 

They say the group selected victims at concerts and other venues and arranged for them to travel to see Kelly in the New York City area and Porn Sex elsewhere, Foto Porno in violation of the Mann Act, the 1910 law that made it illegal to ‘transport any woman or girl’ across state lines ‘for any immoral purpose.’

When the women and Porn Video girls arrived at their lodgings, a member of Kelly’s entourage would set down rules about not speaking to each other, how they should dress and Video Porno how they needed permission from Kelly before eating or Porn Video going to the bathroom, Foto Telanjang prosecutors say.

The women were also allegedly required to call the singer ‘Daddy’.

Defense lawyers have countered by saying Kelly’s alleged victims were groupies who turned up at his shows and made it known they ‘were dying to be with him.’ 

The women only started accusing him of abuse years later when public sentiment shifted against him, they said.

Kelly is perhaps best known for Porn Sex his smash hit ‘I Believe I Can Fly,’ a 1996 song that became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings, advertisements and Video Porno elsewhere.

An anonymous jury made up of seven men and Porn Sex five women have been sworn in to hear the case. 

The trial, Porn Video coming after several delays due mostly to the pandemic, will unfold under coronavirus precautions restricting the press and Foto Telanjang the public to overflow courtrooms with Video Porno feeds.

If convicted, Bokep he could face life in prison. 

The New York case is only part of the legal peril facing the singer, Foto Telanjang born Robert Sylvester Kelly. He also has pleaded not guilty to Porn Sex-related charges in Illinois and Minnesota.