R. Kelly was placed on suicide watch following his guilty verdict on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in New York, according to the Chicago Tribune.
In a court hearing ahead of his separate trial in Chicago on Wednesday (October 20), R. Kelly’s attorney, Steve Greenberg, revealed the 54-year-old singer was placed on suicide watch for “some time,” but that has since been lifted.
Placing a recently convicted prisoner on suicide watch is common practice within the federal prison system, however, and Greenberg did not say that R. Kelly had actually expressed a desire to harm himself.
The disgraced R&B icon appeared via video from a federal jail in Brooklyn during the hearing, but did not speak because no one could figure out how to unmute him.
R. Kelly was found guilty of using his superstar status to sexually abuse women and children over two decades by a federal jury in New York on September 27. He was convicted on nine counts including racketeering, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and a violation of the Mann Act, a human trafficking law.
Kelly will be sentenced on May 4, 2022 and faces anywhere from 10 years to life in prison.
Meanwhile, R. Kelly still faces charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice in his native Chicago. The trial is set to begin on August 1 and is expected to last three to four weeks, it was announced during Wednesday’s court hearing.
If convicted on the child pornography charge, R. Kelly faces an additional 10 to 20 years behind bars.
R. Kelly's YouTube Channels Terminated Following Sex Trafficking Conviction
Following his guilty conviction in New York, R. Kelly has seen his legacy slowly stripped away. In late September, Baton Rouge, Louisiana revoked the key to the city they awarded the R&B singer in 2013.
Meanwhile, YouTube terminated two of Kelly’s official channels — where many of his iconic songs and music videos were uploaded — in accordance with their creator responsibility guidelines.
However, R. Kelly’s fall from grace doesn’t appear to have dampened the popularity of his music. Since his September 27 conviction, he’s enjoyed a staggering 517 percent increase in album sales, along with over a 20 percent spike in on-demand and video streams.
Lol karma is definitely coming back to bite this sick pedo on his ass. Even if he got the minimum 10 year sentence (which I highly doubt) he will have another minimum 10 year sentence added on once he is convicted for child porn. This stupid ass mf will die in prison lol. From what I hear he’s a punching bag for the other inmates lmao.
you never had a life first of all and please stop telling us “what you hear” from the voices in your head. No one cares about your hang ups and issues.
Issues? Lmao, says the weirdo who keeps defending a convicted pedo. Love to hear you defend his actions in a room of fathers of girls, you little pussy ass mf. It’s common knowledge he’s getting beat up in prison, there was even an article about it on this site…..retard
shut the hell up clown – sexual maturity is a fact of life. all of the fake internet outrage in the world can’t change that. If R Kelly did something wrong fine. But it’s not what you keep claiming because you’re a weirdo with issues.
robert seems to be a bit of a pussy. he isn’t a man who would harm anyone. i hope he gets free who cares.
Either you trolling or you a pedophile too
how many pedo little league coaches are there in Chicago land? how many pedo priests? But R Kelly is the problem because he liked the sweet little sixteen year old girls. That’s why no matter what I have an Ike Turner attitude about every damn thing. BLM types gonna have to answer for R Kelly once we’re fully back on the streets. BLM is the betrayer of black men period.
You’re 100% another chomo too
you’re 100% someone who’s opinion means nothing to me –
the same white allies calling R Kelly a “pedo” every two sentences want drag queens to read children’s books to your kids at lunch time – overstand the times
If he ends up dead well you know what happened to Jeff when he wae gonna turb whistle blower
he flat out said he was financially ruined so yes he must be a punching bag for other inmates unless jay z and them hidden pro all black everything douche bags be funding his protection. pedos come in all races just look what happened to oprah, tyler perry, bizzie bone, richard pryor etc. as long as one of you did it some of you did it … he’ll probably end up in a training bra high heels and braiding niqqas hair and shit LOL
The irony here is that R. Kelly goes to jail for something that happens every day in trailer parks and section 8 projects all around the country. There seems to be this myth that high school kids disown their younger friends on their 18th birthday. News flash: They dont.
So he should get away with it because some others get away with it too? Every single one of these creeps should be locked up
you should be locked up, creep. find these endless vengeful online comments far more disturbing than anything R Kelly may have done
Troll
“Schools Out”, “Evan” and “Real Talk (OG)” are all the same person trolling, it’s not that hard to figure out they be all commenting on the same shit all the time. Don’t even waste your time replying
i can’t watch that interview he gave without thinking robert appeared to be a man who is being set up by the government.
Government made him hold chicks hostage and pee on minors…gotcha.
or any evidence was forced to be used against him if he doesn’t play nice. blackmail.
LMAOOOOO, wtf does this even mean?
their known history is put these outrageous sex charges on black men and let every insecure proud boy pontificate forever online about it – I don’t have to believe what they say about Kells, I can say it’s a work if I want