![]() ![]() “It was the fear of lost love, lost affections (from Kelly). … It just doesn’t seem to me that it rises to the fear of bodily harm.” “The (government’s) whole theory of grooming, was sort of the opposite of fear of bodily harm,” the judge told the court. ![]() Leinenweber said at the outset of the hearing that he did not accept the government’s contention that Kelly used fear to woo underage girls for sex. Kelly convicted on child pornography charges in second federal trial verdict What happened at the sentencing? She also requested in a series of pre-sentence filings that, whatever prison sentence Leinenweber imposed, he allow Kelly to serve it at the same time as the New York sentence.īonjean said a new consecutive sentence would be a "second life sentence." ![]() Kelly’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, asked for a sentence of around 10 years – on the low end of the guideline range. Prosecutors acknowledged a 25-year sentence would be higher than sentencing guidelines suggest, but argued Kelly’s "desire to sexually abuse children is insatiable" and such a sentence was required "to protect the community from" him. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison after NY sex trafficking conviction That means he will be eligible for release at around age 80, providing him some hope of one day leaving prison alive. Prosecutors in a sentencing memo last week recommended Kelly serve 25 additional years and that he serve it consecutively to the New York federal case sentence, meaning the former music star would essentially spend the rest of his life behind bars. With Thursday’s sentence, though, Kelly will serve no more than 31 years. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison following the racketeering sentence, imposed last year in New York. He is already serving 30 years for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking convictions in New York. Kelly, 56, was found guilty in September on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement but was acquitted of a fourth pornography count, as well as a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him of fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008. Kelly, the once high-flying R&B star-turned-convicted sex offender, to 20 years in prison Thursday on another set of sex crimes, including several child pornography charges.īut 19 of those years will be served concurrently with his existing prison time, meaning only one year gets added to the end of his previous 30-year sentence. ![]()
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