R. Kelly

[wvjules]

arrested on possession of child porn charges.

 

[Steve H.]

I thought he was arrested like months ago for that??

 

[BethR]

Like Steve, I had heard this months ago.
Is this something new?

 

[coqui]

Actually he was arrested months ago for having sex with a child. Not possesing child pornography.

 

[Steve H.]

Ahhh, gotcha -- that's what I was thinking of. Gee, I guess the corruption of a minor charges don't seem very far fetched now, huh?

 

[BethR]

Bear with me. I am slow here. (No comments please. )
So R. Kelly (who sings that wonderful song World's Greatest) WAS arrested a few months ago on having sex with a child AND was arrested on posessing child porn recently?

 

[pollyanna]

He and his entourage were also arrested when they were in my town a couple of years ago......for starting a fist fight on the basketball court of my health club!

 

[Steve H.]

Yep Beth -- he was out on bond awaiting trial for the previous charges (which, as I just looked up, did include charges for child pornography as well).

 

[WillyJ]

I'm not really familiar with the guy, but I do remember reading he was charged with statuatory rape after a video supposedly surfaced, and he has denied it was him. . .

If either charge or both is true, then it sure looks like he'll be doing his singing in a jail cell for a while. . .

 

[Steve H.]

Yep, same person Willy -- he's gonna be *real* popular in prison!!

 

[Poohbear123]

He was arrested AGAIN here in Miami at his Hotel for having Porographic Pictures of Young Girls! What else is new? Does NOT sound too good for him, as he is still charged for having SEX with a 13 year old!!

 

[honeywolf7]

How disgusting!!

 

[Helopoh]

According to my local radio station he was arrested without incident in a home or hotel (not sure) and is in Dade county Jail on charges of having child pornography.

I like his music but as a person he is really begining to suck.

 

[minnieandmickey]

I read about this on the netscape news headline. It says:

Robert Sylvester Kelly, the singer known as R. Kelly, was arrested in Miami Wednesday on a warrant alleging 12 counts of possession of child pornography, a Miami-Dade police spokesman said.

The charges stem from a June search last year of Kelly's home in Davenport, Florida, after the Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested him on a Chicago Police Department warrant alleging possesion of child pornography.

During the search, police found 12 digital images depicting sexual activity by a female who was under 18 years of age, according to a Polk County police spokesman.

"Three of the 12 photos depicted Mr. Kelly engaged in sexual activity," said Col. Grady Judd.

According to Judd, none of the photos appeared to be downloaded from the Internet. The spokesman told WSVN-TV that three photos show Kelly having sex with a female under 18. In the other nine photos, the female is nude.

Judd refused to give any further information about the victim in the case. The Polk County Sheriff's office issued an arrest warrant for Kelly last week.

An R. Kelly spokesperson released the following statement: "At this point, it looks to us like a classic case of piling on, in which a local jurisdiction tries to make headlines by attaching itself to a celebrity case. As far as we can tell, the charges all relate to R. Kelly's arrest last summer. In other words, there is nothing new here."

Kelly was reportedly in Miami working on a music video. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, his bond has been set at $12,000.

Kelly, a Grammy award-winning artist, has been out on bond and awaiting trial on 21 counts of child pornography in Chicago. Those charges stem from a videotape authorities say shows him having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Kelly, 36, has denied that charge.

Kelly also has been the focus of at least four lawsuits. Three of the lawsuits accuse him of having sex with underage girls. Two of those three have been settled, but Kelly's lawyers have said they will fight the third.

(boy do I love cut and paste)