Singer R. Kelly was arrested Thursday in Chicago on new federal charges alleging child pornography and obstruction of justice, including allegations that he paid to recover child-sex tapes and pressured witnesses to change their stories before his pornography trial that ended in acquittal a decade ago.
Kelly, 52, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was charged in a 13-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Chicago, the Northern District of Illinois. Also charged were Kelly’s former manager, Derrel McDavid, and a former employee, Milton “June” Brown, according to a copy of the Chicago indictment obtained by the Chicago Tribune, which can be read below.
Chicago indictment
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Federal indictment of R. Kelly, ex-manager, former employee (PDF)
Federal indictment of R. Kelly, ex-manager, former employee (Text)
New York indictment
The indictment handed up from a federal grand jury in Brooklyn against Kelly, in the Eastern District of New York, is below.
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Brooklyn federal indictment of R. Kelly, ex-manager, former employee (PDF)
Brooklyn federal indictment of R. Kelly, ex-manager, former employee (Text)
New York detention request
A letter from federal prosecutors in Brooklyn was delivered to a U.S. District Court judge asking that Kelly be held without bail before he can be removed to the Eastern District of New York and tried for what prosecutors allege is a “racketeering enterprise” to traffic and abuse women and girls.
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Detention letter from federal prosecutors in Brooklyn (PDF)
Detention letter from federal prosecutors in Brooklyn (Text)
