Teenagers, victims’ confessions that led to R Kelly’s conviction

<p>R Kelly on Wednesday was sentenced to on all nine count charges after victims matter their experiences.</p>, <p>He was found guilty of one charge of racketeering and eight counts of violating a law which prohibits transporting people across state lines for prostitution.</p>, <p>One of the victims, a woman with pseudonym Angela addressing the New York court during the trial said: “The pied piper of R&B, both in music and in technique and in approach.</p>, <p>“Success and love you presented these glittering gems as if they were gold.</p>, <p>“With every addition of a new victim you grew in wickedness, cockiness, diminishing any form of humanity or self-awareness, which soon became the breeding ground for your God-like complex.</p>, <p>“You were doing, saying and encouraging despicable things that no one should be doing. We reclaim our names from beneath the shadows of your afflicted trauma.”</p>, <p>One of the victims, who Kelly sexually assaulted when she was 17 said that her encounter with the singer led to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.</p>, <p>“Being abused is no excuse for his crimes.Robert, you destroyed so many people’s lives,” she said.</p>, <p>Another told the court: “As a teenager, I did not know how to say no to R Kelly when he asked me to perform oral sex on him.</p>, <p>“You’re an abuser, shameless and disgusting.”</p>, <p>Meanwhile, R Kelly denied all the charges, his lawyers called his accusers “disgruntled groupies” arguing that any “relationships” were consenting.</p>, <p>The singer is also facing a second trial in Chicago in August where he is accused of possessing child pornography and obstruction of justice.</p>, <p>This could see additional convictions and prison time for R Kelly.</p>