{"id":2023,"date":"2022-08-15T19:56:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T23:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/08\/15\/r-kellys-chicago-trial-everything-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T19:56:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T23:56:13","slug":"r-kellys-chicago-trial-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/08\/15\/r-kellys-chicago-trial-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Kelly&#8217;s Chicago trial: Everything you need to know."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A New York judge sentenced singer R. Kelly to 30 years in prison after he was convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jy5TH01EnG\">https:\/\/t.co\/Jy5TH01EnG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j9naUCavSM\">pic.twitter.com\/j9naUCavSM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA TODAY (@USATODAY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY\/status\/1542305415253307393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>R. Kelly&#8217;s Chicago trial: Everything you need to know.R&amp;B star and convicted sex offender R. Kelly is due to face another federal jury trial this week as platoons of prosecutors and lawyers gird for a second attempt to convict him again as a sexual predator. Kelly&#8217;s next trial is due to start Monday in his hometown of Chicago, 11 months after he was convicted in a first federal trial in New York, and seven weeks after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Convicted sex offender <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RKelly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RKelly<\/a> is due to face another federal jury trial this week. Why is he back in court? <br><br>Short answer: he&#39;s been charged with similar crimes in separate cases in two federal courts and in two state courts. This is the second.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z\">https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usatodaylife\/status\/1559192739438202881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RKelly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RKelly<\/a> is facing 13 charges in Chicago, including producing child pornography, enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to obstruct justice.<br><br>And there are two co-defendants, Derrel McDavid and Milton &quot;June&quot; Brown.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z\">https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usatodaylife\/status\/1559216051274989568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The jury in this new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RKelly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RKelly<\/a> trial is also slightly different. They will be &quot;confidential,&quot; meaning only the judge, lawyers and defendants will know the names and background of the jurors.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z\">https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usatodaylife\/status\/1559216053208502272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Generally this trial is expected to revisit some of the same allegations that have followed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RKelly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RKelly<\/a>, though it will include a focus dating back 14 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z\">https:\/\/t.co\/CvNzl5Bq2z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usatodaylife\/status\/1559216055679008770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You\u2019re up to date<\/h1>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R. Kelly&#8217;s Chicago trial: Everything you need to know.R&amp;B star and convicted sex offender R. Kelly is due to face another federal jury trial this week as platoons of prosecutors and lawyers gird for a second attempt to convict him again as a sexual predator. Kelly&#8217;s next trial is due to start Monday in his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}