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R. Kelly’s Attorneys File Writ Demanding Immediate Release, Claim Federal Officials Solicited Aryan Brotherhood Inmate to Murder Him
Background: The Road to R. Kelly’s Incarceration
Robert Sylvester Kelly, once celebrated as a global R&B icon, fell from grace in a spectacular—and deeply disturbing—public reckoning. In September 2021, Kelly was convicted on nine counts including racketeering and violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits the transport of individuals across state lines for illicit purposes. The case centered on a sweeping pattern of sexual exploitation, manipulation, and abuse of minors.
R. Kelly was convicted in two separate federal trials:
New York: On September 27, 2021, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted the R&B singer of racketeering and sex trafficking. The charges stemmed from a pattern of abuse against women and minors over two decades.
Chicago: On September 14, 2022, Kelly was convicted in a federal trial in his hometown of Chicago on charges of child pornography and enticement of a minor.
He was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
In February 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld his convictions and 30-year sentence, rejecting defense arguments that the trial was fundamentally flawed or the evidence insufficient. At that point, the legal outlook for Kelly seemed grim—until his lawyers unleashed a bombshell of their own.
