For the second time in two years, a federal jury has found R. Kelly guilty of sex crimes involving minors.
John Lauschreporters that Kelly faces 10 to 90 years in prison for the charges on which he was convicted, and that prosecutors would seek to have it served consecutively with his existing sentence. Earlier this year, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Kelly to 30 years following his prior federal conviction. The singer is 55 years old.
At the heart of the 2008 trial was the absence of the videotaped victim, referred to in court as Jane. Kelly was acquitted largely due to the refusal of Jane and her family to testify, and he was able to continue his career at the heights of pop and R&B. Over the past few years, a surge in national attention towards the decades-long trail of sexual misconduct allegations against him culminated in federal prosecutors bringing two sets of charges of him.
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