After about 11 hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Chicago convicted R&B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges for making videotapes of himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter decades ago. In September 2021, Kelly was convicted by a federal jury in New York of racketeering conspiracy alleging he headed a criminal enterprise that … Continue reading R. Kelly timeline: Chicago upbringing, rise to stardom, years of sexual abuse charges, trials and convictions