{"id":654926,"date":"2019-07-12T05:53:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T05:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">R. Kelly, the 52-year-old R&amp;B singer, was arrested Thursday on child pornography and other charges\u00a0in Chicago and is expected to be brought to New York, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Kelly was arrested o"},"modified":"2019-07-12T05:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T05:53:25","slug":"r-kelly-arrested-in-chicago-on-child-pornography-other-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/12\/r-kelly-arrested-in-chicago-on-child-pornography-other-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Kelly arrested in Chicago on child pornography, other charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">R. Kelly, the 52-year-old R&amp;B singer, was arrested Thursday on child pornography and other charges\u00a0in Chicago and is expected to be brought to New York, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Kelly was arrested on a 13-count federal indictment, which included child pornography, enticement of a minor\u00a0and obstruction of justice charges, Joseph D. Fitzpatrick,\u00a0an assistant United States attorney in the Northern District of Illinois, told the\u00a0New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s WNBC-TV, which broke the story that Kelly was arrested,\u00a0cited\u00a0two law enforcement sources. The station reported that more details on the federal charges are expected Friday. Kelly\u00a0was reportedly arrested by New York Police Department\u00a0detectives and Department of Homeland Security agents.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly has for decades been the subject of sexual abuse allegations \u2014\u00a0some involving minors.<\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;B singer was acquitted in 2008 of child pornography charges stemming from a videotape that allegedly showed Kelly engaging in sex acts with a 13-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was charged in February with 10 state counts of sexual abuse involving four victims, including three minors. He pleaded not guilty and was released from\u00a0Chicago\u2019s Cook County Jail\u00a0after posting bail. More charges were\u00a0filed against him\u00a0in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R. Kelly, the 52-year-old R&amp;B singer, was arrested Thursday on child pornography and other charges\u00a0in Chicago and is expected to be brought to New York, according to reports. 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