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R. Kelly Found Guilty on All Counts in Sex Trafficking Trial

HeadlineSep 28, 2021

Jurors in the federal trial against accused sexual predator and trafficker R. Kelly, a famed R&B singer, found him guilty Monday of charges including racketeering based on sexual exploitation of children, kidnapping, forced labor and sex trafficking. Nearly a dozen survivors and over 30 other witnesses detailed R. Kelly’s pattern of sexual and other abuse against dozens of women and underage girls for nearly two decades. It’s a landmark verdict for the #MeToo movement. 

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