R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence
FILE - R. Kelly’s defense attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, speaks at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Sept. 14, 2022. Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, to give singer R. Kelly 25 more years in prison for his child pornography and enticement convictions last year in Chicago, which would add to 30 years he recently began serving in a New York case.
Handed down in a courtoom in Kelly’s hometown of Chicago, the sentence means Kelly could make it out of prison alive, when he is about 80. Prosecutors had asked Judge Harry Leinenweber to sentence him to 25 years — and to not let him begin serving those until after he completed the first 30-year sentence, imposed on him last year in New York.
“It’s the right outcome,” Bonjean said. “The judge was reasonable. He, I think, took into account both sides and ultimately was fair.” Another accuser, who used the pseudonym “Nia,” addressed Kelly directly in court. Speaking forcefully as her voice quivered, Nia said Kelly would repeatedly point out her alleged faults while he abused her.
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