R. Kelly is on trial in Brooklyn. Here’s a look at what’s at stake as the high-profile trial begins in earnest this week.
The singer, his entourage and his employees — managers, bodyguards, drivers, personal assistants, runners for Kelly — allegedly recruited women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with him and arranged for victims to travel to concerts and other events across the U.S., according to court documents.
“For two decades the enterprise at the direction of R. Kelly preyed upon young women and teenagers whose dreams of meeting a superstar soon turned into a nightmare of rape, child pornography and forced labor,” Angel M. Melendez, special agent in charge from Homeland Security Investigations, said when the charges were announced.
Federal prosecutors allege that Kelly forced his victims to follow various “rules.” They were not allowed to leave their room without his permission , and they were required to call him “Daddy,” according to court documents.The trial in Brooklyn is the second time R. Kelly has been prosecuted. He was
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