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R. Kelly convicted of child porn, enticing girls for sex

R. Kelly's defense attorneys, Jennifer Bonjean, center, Ashley Cohen, left and Diane O'Connell, speak at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, speaks at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, speaks at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) R. Kelly's defense attorneys, Jennifer Bonjean, center, Ashley Cohen, left, and Diane O'Connell, speak at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Derrel McDavid stands with his attorney's at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. Kelly associates Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown were co-defendants at the Chicago trial. Jurors acquitted McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, who was accused of conspiring with Kelly to rig the 2008 trial. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Attorney Beau Brindley, speaks about his client, Derrel McDavid, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. Kelly associates Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown were co-defendants at the Chicago trial. Jurors acquitted McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, who was accused of conspiring with Kelly to rig the 2008 trial. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Derrel McDavid, center, stands with his attorney's Vadim Glozman, right, and Beau Brindley, left, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. Kelly associates Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown were co-defendants at the Chicago trial. Jurors acquitted McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, who was accused of conspiring with Kelly to rig the 2008 trial. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Derrel McDavid, left, stands with his attorney's Vadim Glozman, right, and Beau Brindley, center, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. Kelly associates Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown were co-defendants at the Chicago trial. Jurors acquitted McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, who was accused of conspiring with Kelly to rig the 2008 trial. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Derrel McDavid, center, hugs his attorney as he walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Two Kelly associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Derrel McDavid, center, walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Two Kelly associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial,, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Derrel McDavid, center, walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Two Kelly associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial,, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) Derrel McDavid, center, walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached in R. Kelly's trial, Two Kelly associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Chicago. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) FILE - Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)
R. Kelly convicted of child porn, enticing girls for sex