Supreme Court denies R. Kelly's appeal, affirming his convictions for federal sex crimes and child pornography. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)
(EPICSTORIAN) -The U.S. Supreme Court has , on Monday, October 7, rejected R. Kelly’s appeal, upholding his federal sex crimes conviction.
Robert Sylvester Kelly, American R&B singer, popularly known as R. Kelly, who is already serving a 30-year sentence for sex trafficking from a 2021 New York case, was convicted of child pornography in Chicago and sentenced to 20 additional years in 2023.
R. Kelly petitioned the Supreme Court, claiming he was unjustly prosecuted under a 2003 federal law that retroactively eliminated the statute of limitations for sex crimes involving minors, reported CNN.
R. Kelly’s appeal rejected by Supreme Court, conviction upheld.
Kelly’s appeal was refused by Federal prosecutors, who
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a detailed order list addressing hundreds of cases, coinciding with the ‘justices’ first oral arguments of the new term’.
This marks a significant legal defeat for the singer.
The News Summaries:
- Kelly’s appeal, claiming unjust prosecution under a 2003 federal law, was dismissed by the Supreme Court.
- Robert Sylvester Kelly, serving 30 years for sex trafficking, received an additional 20-year sentence for child pornography, which the Supreme Court upheld.
