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R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison after singer found guilty
of scheme to recruit women and underage kids for sex
Israel Salas-Rodriguez
21:39, 29 Jun 2022
The Scottish Sun
DISGRACED singer R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years after being found guilty of orchestrating a scheme to recruit women and underage kids for sex.
The singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted of nine criminal counts last September, including violations of the Mann Act and racketeering.
One of Kelly's victims believes the disgraced singer should spend the rest of his life behind bars. Credit: AP
Judge Ann M Donnelly told the former R&B hitmaker that “the public has to be protected from behaviors like this,” before handing him a stiff sentence.
“These crimes were calculated and carefully planned and regularly executed for almost 25 years. You taught them that love is enslavement and violence,” Donnelly told the singer.
He declined to make a statement before he was sentenced due to pending litigation, according to his attorney.
When asked by the judge if he wished to make a statement, Kelly said, “Yes, your honor, that is my wish.”
Kelly, who was in court wearing black eyeglasses and a khaki shirt, kept his head down as Judge Ann M Donnelly began to go over the sentencing guidelines.
The first victim to make a statement during his sentencing was Angela, who called Kelly a "Pied Piper who lured children with his money and celebrity."
“With every addition of a new victim, you grew in wickedness. You used your fame and power to groom and coach underage boys and girls for your own sexual gratification,” she said.
"Today we reclaim our names. We are no longer the preyed-upon individuals we once were,” Angela said, adding: “I pray that God reaches your soul."
Another victim, identified only as Jane Doe No. 2, described in detail how Kelly would return sweaty from basketball games with his friends before making her perform oral sex on him.
“I felt special because someone who was special to the world was interested in me,” she said, adding: “I hope you go to jail for the rest of your life.”
After her client was handed a 30-year sentence, attorney Jennifer Bonjean said Kelly is "not a predator" and said he was "prepared" for the stiff sentencing.
“He has regrets, and he is sad. He disagrees with the characterizations that have been made about him.”
Prior to his sentencing, the I Believe I Can Fly singer's lawyer blamed his "hypersexual" behavior on being repeatedly sexually abused by his sister as a child, as she pleaded with the judge for a lighter sentence.
Two psychologists who evaluated Kelly wrote in reports submitted with the memo that his older sister sexually abused him and his brothers for years, and started when the singer was only six.
This trauma, Bonjean argued, likely contributed to his "hypersexual" behavior and impaired his cognitive ability.
Kelly is functionally illiterate and has the cognitive ability of a student of elementary school level, Bonjean wrote.
'SEXUAL PREDATOR'
The charges were based on the argument that the entourage of managers and aides who helped the singer meet girls — and keep them obedient and quiet — amounted to a criminal enterprise.
During his trial, several accusers testified in lurid detail, alleging the star subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage.
Following the jury's verdict last September, women's rights attorney Gloria Allred, who represented several of Kelly's victims, described the musician as the worst sexual predator she had pursued in her 47-year career of practicing law.
One of Kelly's victims, Lizzette Martinez, told TMZ she believes the feds' recommendation of 25 years in prison is "too low," and instead, he should spend life in prison.
"The situation is that he's destroyed so many lives for so long that I think 25 [years] is too low, to be honest with you," Martinez said.
"We deal with residual side effects. Like we have to live with this forever. You know, it's not something that just goes away. Lock him up and throw the key away or put him under the jail forever."
Kitti Jones, another one of Kelly's victims, told TMZ that she has no issue with the prosecutor's recommendation but said: "no amount of time will give her, and others, back their time or remove their trauma."
Meanwhile, Kelly's ex-wife Drea Kelly, who was married to the disgraced star for 13 years, said her "heart breaks" for her kids, who are forced to live with their dad's shame.
She told Good Morning Britain in September: "Well, I sit in a very difficult place cause, unlike the rest of his victims, I also share children with him. "I was married to him."
Drea, who shares three kids with the disgraced R&B singer, told the show how she wears two hats, that of a survivor and a mother.
She said: "My heart definitely goes out to the survivors and the courage that it takes to even come forward and tell the story.
"But my heart breaks as a mother because this is now the legacy that my children will have to deal with and their children's children."
Drea, real name Andrea, was married to R Kelly from 1996 to 2009.
KELLY'S DOWNFALL
The disgraced singer was first accused of having sex with underage girls in the 1990s, and his illegal marriage to late singer Aaliyah in '94, when she was 15 at the time.
In 2002, Kelly was indicted on child pornography charges but was acquitted in 2008 at a trial in Chicago.
It was not until the #MeToo movement renewed scrutiny of his actions that a new wave of charges arrived — and a conviction was stuck in New York.
Federal prosecutors wrote in their sentencing letter that Kelly showed no remorse and, for decades, “exhibited a callous disregard” for the effects of his abuse on victims.
“He committed these crimes using his fame and stardom as both a shield, which prevented close scrutiny or condemnation of his actions,” prosecutors wrote of Kelly.
“And a sword, which gave him access to wealth and a network of enablers to facilitate his crimes, and an adoring fan base from which to cull his victims.”
Kelly is scheduled to face another federal trial alongside his former employees in Illinois.
Ghislaine Maxwell is facing even more legal trouble
Art dealer files lawsuit after he tripped and fell on the sidewalk outside her $15m NYC townhouse, claiming she 'recklessly' failed to maintain the concrete
Ghislaine Maxwell is facing a personal injury lawsuit filed by an art dealer who tripped on the sidewalk outside her $15million New York townhouse in 2015
Sheldon Barr, pictured left with husband Tom Gardner, claims that Maxwell 'recklessly' failed to maintain the concrete and caused him to fall to the ground and hit his head
Barr claims he had to undergo knee surgery and that his 'life changed' because of the injuries which mean he cannot walk up and down stairs
The lawsuit claims that the art dealer, 84, has been left 'disabled' and seeks unspecified damages
DailyMail.com has learned that Maxwell was forced to sit for a deposition in the case in 2019 - before Epstein was arrested and Maxwell went into hiding
She gave evasive answers about her pedophile boss, her husband Scott Borgerson and her business
This comes as Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for sex trafficking underage girls to be abused by Jeffrey Epstein
By DANIEL BATES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 19:34 EDT, 1 July 2022
For the rest of the story please go to the Daily Mail.
Heiress, 48, accused of drunken sex with boy, 14, four times in a day
swaps £5m mansion for grimy cell in fearsome jail
Tariq Tahir, Elsa Buchanan
The Scottish Sun
0:39, 1 Jul 2022
A GLAMOROUS horse-breeding heiress accused of having sex with a teenage boy four times in a day is being held in a fearsome jail.
Savannah Daisley, 48, has swapped her £5.6million mansion in Sydney's waterfront for a grimy cell one of Australia's most notorious jails after being denied bail.
Daisley is being held in the Silverwood Women's Correctional CentreCredit: Alamy
She allegedly had drunken romps with the 14-year-old over the course of 24 hours in May last year.
Daisley, a health entrepreneur and Instagram influencer, was charged this week with four counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a boy between 14 and 16 years old.
The mum-of-two has been in custody since June 27. She has now been refused bail after appearing in court.
Daisley has been sent to the Silverwood Women's Correctional Centre, home to some of Australia's most infamous female offenders.
They include Jessica Camilleri, who beheaded her mum, serial child killer Kathleen Folbigg, Sharyn Ward, who slowly murdered her nine-year-old through starvation, and terrorist plotter Alo-Bridget Namoa.
Also housed there is cannibal killer Rebecca Butterfield, who skinned, and decapitated her husband and then cooked his head with vegetables and gravy.
The cell where she'll live for the next six months is in stark contrast to her home in the city's exclusive lower north shore, with its stunning views of Sydney Harbour.
Her father is Ross Daisley, a famous breeder of thoroughbred racehorse Choisir, which became an international champion after winning at the prestigious Royal Ascot and Newmarket races in 2003.
Mr Daisley had offered to pay a $10,000 (£5,667) bail but a judge ruled it wasn't in the public interest for her to be released from custody.
The child abuse occurred on four occasions in 24 hours on May 20, 2021, according to police allegations.
Police said they have evidence that the founder of detox business Smart Cleanse admitted to kissing the teenager after they legally tapped Daisley's phone.
The lifestyle entrepreneur, who has 40,000 followers on Instagram, will remain behind bars until her next court date on August 23.
Daisley denies all charges, but has not yet formally entered any pleas.
She launched her detox programme in 2014, along with a Smart Cleanse cooking channel, a Smart Cleanse detox book and digital courses.
In the past, she has alluded to her previous struggles with alcohol on her Instagram feed.
Tory Party deputy chief whip Chris Pincher QUITS
After claims he 'drunkenly groped two men' in the Conservative Party's
private members' venue the Carlton Club
Chris Pincher said he owed it to the Prime Minister and those he 'upset' to resign
Deputy chief whip is alleged to have drunkenly groped men at event last night
It is understood that Mr Pincher will stay on as Conservative MP for Tamworth
'Pincher' seems an appropriate name for him.
By KATIE FEEHAN FOR MAILONLINE
UPDATED: 07:13 EDT, 1 July 2022
The rest of the story is found in the Daily Mail.
Conservatives months of sleaze turmoil
The Daily Mail
APRIL 3
David Warburton has the Conservative whip withdrawn following the emergence of allegations of sexual harassment and cocaine use. The Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome in Somerset faces a parliamentary investigation after being accused of abusing the drug and inappropriately touching three women.
April 30
Tory Neil Parish resigns his Tiverton and Honiton seat after watching pornography in the Commons. Farmer Mr Parish first said he accidentally viewed one X-rated video when browsing for tractors, before later doing so deliberately in the Commons chamber.
MAY 17
An unnamed Tory MP is arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual offences spanning seven years. The man in his 50s, allegedly committed the offences between 2002 and 2009 in London.
He was also arrested on allegations of indecent assault, abuse of a position of trust and misconduct in a public office, according to the Metropolitan police.
Conservative Party whips have asked the unnamed MP to stay away from Parliament during the investigation, but unions last night said he should be formally suspended to protect staff.
MAY 23
Imran Ahmad Khan is jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a boy aged 15.
Khan, 48, plied the youngster with gin, tried to persuade him to watch pornography and then groped him in his bed 14 years ago at the victim's family home in Staffordshire.
The Wakefield MP was expelled from the Conservative Party following his conviction and resigned his seat, triggering a by-election won by Labour.
His victim told Southwark Crown Court that he still struggles with intimacy and being touched due to the ordeal.
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