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R.Kelly has pleaded not guilty once again. The disgraced singer’s arraignment on various new sexual abuse charges took place via telephone conference on Thursday, April 30, 2020, due to the pandemic, with the “Ignition” hitmaker calling into the hearing from the Chicago jail where he is currently being detained. Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak asked…

Thandie Newton opens up about her traumatizing childhood. The “Westworld” star has detailed what she experienced on the set of a movie when she was just 16-years-old. Speaking about her experience on the set of Flirting she shared: “It happened the night my father flew home. I was 16, and a virgin. I’d been psychologically groomed…

R. Kelly is also being impacted by the novel coronavirus outbreak. The “Ignition” hitmaker was due to see his legal team last week at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago after he was hit with new federal charges in New York, but lawyers were allegedly turned away by corrections personnel amid fears of furthering the spread…

A judge has ruled R. Kelly defaulted on a civil lawsuit filed by a woman who claims he lured her into sex when she was just 16. The “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker — who is currently in jail awaiting trial on charges of creating and possessing child pornography and sexual exploitation of a minor — has…

It is common knowledge among followers of R. Kelly that he has claimed to have been molested by a family member and by an elderly man in the neighborhood where he grew up. According to Page Six, Kelly’s haunted past was the source of his domineering ways with at least one woman and former girlfriend, Kitti…

R. Kelly’s former girlfriend Azriel Clary is taking aim at her haters now that she has completely renounced the beleaguered singer and returned home to her parents. As recently as last summer, Clary was fully submerged in the R. Kelly camp and seen multiple times with ex-BFF Joycelyn Savage supporting the incarcerated R&B singer during…

R. Kelly’s former girlfriend Azriel Clary is ready to “let the healing process begin.” The 22-year-old had been living with the disgraced singer — who is currently being held without bail on various sex crime charges — since she was 17, However, following an alleged physical fight with his other girlfriend, Joycelyn Savage, last week,…

R.Kelly has pleaded not guilty to allegations of bribery. The disgraced “I Believe I Can Fly” singer — who is currently awaiting trial on sexual abuse charges — was hit by the new claims earlier this month, which alleged he had bribed an unnamed government official in 1994 so he could obtain a fake ID…

R. Kelly‘s former tour manager is set to testify against him in court — but doesn’t want to see him jailed. Demetrius Smith has claimed he purchased a fake ID for late singer Aaliyah when she was just 15 so she could marry the “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker, and while he’s spoken about the…

R.Kelly has been accused of bribing a public official. The “I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker is already awaiting trial on sexual abuse charges and federal prosecutors have now added allegations which reportedly relate to his marriage to the late Aaliyah. According to court documents, Kelly is accused of bribing an official to obtain the…

Wade Robson and James Safechuck have tentatively had the dismissal of their lawsuit against Michael Jackson’s estate overturned. The two men had previously filed claims against the late “Thriller” hitmaker — who died in June 2009 — over allegations he abused them as children but their cases were dismissed in 2017, in part due to the statute…

R. Kelly reportedly has been ordered to use his royalties to pay his child support. The 52-year-old singer, who is currently in jail awaiting trial on numerous federal and state charges, previously spent a short spell behind bars earlier this year after failing to pay more than $161,000 in child support to his ex-wife Andrea…

James Safechuck and Wade Robson have both condemned comedian Dave Chappelle for dismissing their allegations in the Leaving Neverland documentary that they were sexually abused by Michael Jackson. The 46-year-old comedian included a section in his new Netflix stand-up special Sticks and Stones about Dan Reed’s HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, in which he suggests the…

Superstar comedian Dave Chappelle is one of many people out there who does not believe Michael Jackson sexually abused Wade Robson and James Safechuck as detailed in the harrowing documentary “Leaving Neverland.” The difference is that Chappelle is obviously unafraid of the intense backlash that could come his way for saying “I don’t believe these…

R. Kelly has been charged with two sex crimes in Minnesota. The “Ignition” hitmaker is already facing multiple charges related to sexual abuse in both New York and Chicago — to all of which he has pleaded not guilty — and he has now been hit with two more charges relating to an alleged interaction…

R. Kelly has been denied bail … again. The “Ignition” hitmaker has been in jail since he was arrested on alleged sexual abuse charges and denied bail last month in Chicago. After appearing in the Eastern District of New York earlier Friday, Aug. 2, on more charges that include racketeering, kidnapping, forced labor and sexual…

Award-winning actress and singer KeKe Palmer shared her feelings regarding the multitude of sexual assault and pedophilia accusations against her former mentor R. Kelly. Palmer, 25, who catapulted to fame with the classic film Akeelah and the Bee, told Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” that she had the exact opposite experience with Robert…

A Texas pastor who vociferously advocated for the criminalization of abortions in the state has been arrested for having sexual intercourse with a teen relative for years, the media has learned. Stephen Bratton, 43, was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, from 2013-2015, Harris County Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland said, according to the…

In a move that is sure to rile the sensibilities of a legion of American women, the judge in the sexual abuse lawsuit against R. Kelly is granting the beleaguered singer another chance to defend himself. As has been reported, R. Kelly lost the default judgment in the suit filed by one of the “Bump…