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R. Kelly May Never Be Released from Prison after He Was Convicted of Sex Assault in Chicago

Chicago’s top prosecutor stated that her office will drop sexual abuse charges against R. Kelly since the singer is likely to spend his entire life in prison after his conviction in federal court.

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Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s attorney, said Tuesday that she will ask a judge to dismiss the charges of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated sexual abuse her office brought against Kelly in 2019.

Kelly’s full name was Robert Sylvester Kelly. He was sentenced to 30 year imprisonment by a New York federal court in 2021 for sex trafficking. In September, Kelly was found guilty by a federal jury in Illinois of three counts each of coercing minors into sexual activity and three counts each of producing sex tapes involving minors. According to the prosecutors, he will be sentenced in September. He faces between 10 and 90 years of imprisonment.

Foxx said Monday that she had made the decision to drop Kelly’s charges against her office, citing “limited” resources and instead to focus on “justice for all victims of sexual abuse.”

“Mr. Foxx stated that Kelly could be looking at never being released from prison for the crimes he’s committed. “We believe justice has been done.”

Jennifer Bonjean, a lawyer representing Kelly, told the Associated Press that she was pleased with the prosecutors’ decision. He only has one chance to live. Bonjean said, “I don’t know how many sentences upon sentence would satisfy people.”

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