Judge Ann Donnelly — United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York — sentenced R. Kelly to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking on Wednesday (June 29). Naturally, Twitter blew up with reactions to the hefty sentence, but some couldn’t help wonder why Kelly received more time than Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate who was sentenced to 20 years earlier this week for aiding Epstein with his sex trafficking scheme.
As one tweet read, “Why did R. Kelly just get sentenced to 30 years in prison which is 10 years more than Ghislaine Maxwell who ran an entire enterprise for pedophiles?” Well, according to former assistant United States attorney Neama Rahmani, there are two substantial reasons Kelly’s sentence is longer.
“R. Kelly is clearly a litigious man,” Rahmani explained in an email. “He’s alleged to have intimidated witnesses and paid people off. Similar to Ghislaine Maxwell, Kelly had always planned on pushing these victims and this case to trial and maintaining his innocence. His lawyers went after his victims very aggressively. It’s not surprising that he is still maintaining his position of innocence and he is likely going to appeal rather than pursue any acceptance of responsibility.”
Rahmani pointed out R. Kelly won’t be getting out anytime soon. Under federal law, he’ll have to serve 85 percent of his sentence by statute, even if Kelly is a model inmate. Although Kelly does have some credit for time served, he still has to serve at least 25 years. Consequently, he won’t necessarily die in prison, but he will be 80 years old by the time his sentence is over.
As for Maxwell only getting 20 years, Rahmani noted the judges for each case are extremely different.
“Judge Allison Nathan and Judge Ann Donnelly are both democratic appointees but Donnelly was a prosecutor for many, many years,” he explained. “Judge Allison Nathan is a more lenient sentencer and isn’t cut from that same prosecutor cloth that Judge Ann Donnelly was. The second reason is that ultimately, what R. Kelly did was worse. I’m not in any way condoning what Maxwell did, she is absolutely responsible for what happened.
R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Charges
“But with R. Kelly, the girls were younger, he allegedly imprisoned them and kidnapped them from their parents, he married Aaliyah when she was 15. R. Kelly has a pattern of really bad conduct. He was convicted of racketeering on top of the sex crimes – he was really running a sort of criminal organization for the purpose of sexually abusing young women, and he was directly the one committing the abuse. There’s a reason why Judge Donnelly went even higher than what the government was recommending and it’s because R. Kelly’s crimes were that bad and he evaded justice for a long time.”
R. Kelly was convicted on nine counts of various racketeering and sex trafficking charges in September 2021. He still faces charges in Minnesota and sentencing in Chicago.
Ghislaine may slip and fall in a noose in her cell with the cameras off and guards asleep. That the caveat.
White Privilege vs Pushing Pee
It’s not white privilege. It’s who you know, or more importantly in this case, WHAT you know. Maxwell was very well connected with “deep state”. She could bring down tons kf other high profile household names. The fact she didn’t is why she didn’t get life in prison, or why she didn’t “commit suicide”. The feds raiding Epstein initially was to cover shit up, not to expose it.
So you said white privilege, but in another way. I am not a white privilege bashing type of guy. Of course you should have that privilege when you look like the Lord.
Epstein isn’t dead? Believe that if you want to.
Yo they said R.Kelly worse than Maxwell!?!!
Yes they said it, he is way blacker. Besides society DOES NOT care about black girls, the other pedos were actually kidnapping trafficking and crossing not only state lines, but country lines.
You already know why. I don’t even know how those charges are real for Kels. They convicted him on shit from the 90s just like when OJ got sent to prison.
Whoah bruh, why didn’t you take the stand at the trial? I’m sure the judge and jury would have surely found him innocent because you…“don’t even know how those charges are real for Kels” vs all the evidence against him. Not to mention him being caught multiple times with child pornography. But keep defending the pedo…….dumbass.
maybe because one is connected to world leaders, and one croons for 14 yr olds. BOOM did your blog in one sentence.
so was robert acting alone through all this.
And the pedo Prince Andrew gets bailed out by his mum and gets off Scott free for being a Mason.
It’s because he’s black lol. I’m expecting that excuse to come out. R Kelly been doing this since the 90s. I remember the aaliyah rumours.
And maxwell her father and Epstein for way longer
Duh…women always get lighter sentences than men.
I guess Ghislaine knows a thing or two about certain people.
And of course because Kelly is black , just have to say this cause we make everything about race these days. Waiting for the first Free Kelly groups…?
My prayer go out to you r Kelly stay strong. You forever be a gift to world pray you all ways yes still listen to your music ?? I have all ways will pray better day r Kelly stay strong team r Kelly life them sold soul money
They did the same things she’s a white lady hes a famous black man period.
Watch the 13th amendment