Singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexual offenses

The case has been dragging on for decades, but given the scale of the crime, it was necessary for justice to do its job. After years of investigations and trials, Robert Sylvester Kelly was found guilty in September 2021 in New York extortion, sexual exploitation of minors, kidnapping, trafficking, corruption and forced labor, from 1994 to 2018.

And this June 29, 2022, R. Kelly was finally sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Brooklyn Federal Court.

R. Kelly, sentenced to 30 years in prison for his sexual crimes

In delivering the sentence against Robert Sylvester Kelly of his real name, the judge Ann Donnelly testified that the defendant showed a “ indifference to human suffering “, Reports the BBC. Chilling, the singer didn’t say a word during the entire verdict, sentencing him to 30 years in prison. But his attorney for him said he intended to appeal.

The judge also summed up that R. Kelly used sex as a weapon, forcing his victims into the unacceptable. She used his influence as an entertainer to lure women and children into sex trafficking for two decades. Nine women and two men then accused him of sexual assault, forced drug use, detention or child pornography.to complete The world.

Decades of a well-functioning system of sexual exploitation

In this system of exploitation in which this predator trafficked women including children between different states, he also received help from executives, security guards and other members of his entourage. This is what the documentary represented in particular Survived R. Kellycurrently available on Netflix France.

During this huge trial, the court also took into account how R. Kelly illegally obtained documents to marry singer Aaliyah at the age of 15 in 1994. Seven years before the singer’s death in a plane crash.

This frightening story illustrates once again how much sexual violence can be part of patriarchy and that it is always much more about social domination than sexuality.

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