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R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Minnesota prosecutors dropped sex abuse charges on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly that alleged he invited a 17-year-old girl to his hotel room in 2001 and paid her $200 to dance naked with him. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

Minnesota prosecutors drop state sex charges against R&B singer R. Kelly, citing federal convictions

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

R&B singer R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. The R&B superstar's musical accomplishments have long been shadowed by allegations that he sexually abused women and children. The singer is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday, Feb. 23, 2022, in his hometown of Chicago after he was found guilty in September of child pornography and child enticement. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

R. Kelly to learn if he effectively gets ‘life’ sentence

By Michael Tarm and Claire Savage - Associated Press

R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, to give singer R. Kelly 25 more years in prison for his child pornography and enticement convictions last year in Chicago, which would add to 30 years he recently began serving in a New York case. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

U.S. prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. A Chicago prosecutor said Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, that she's dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly, following federal convictions in two courts that ensure the disgraced R&B star will be locked up for decades.(AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx dropping R. Kelly sex-abuse charges

By Claire Savage and Michael Tarm - Associated Press

R&B singer R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago, June 6, 2019. A federal judge signaled Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, that she plans to order Kelly to pay more than $300,000 to one of his victims in a decades-long scheme to use his fame to sexually abuse young fans. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

Judge: R. Kelly to pay $300,000 to victim in sex crimes case

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&amp;B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

Jury gets R. Kelly’s child pornography and trial-fixing case

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&amp;B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

R. Kelly convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing

By Michael Tarm and Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. Kelly’s federal trial starts Monday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

Prosecutors rest in R. Kelly’s trial-fixing, child porn case

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Milton &quot;June&quot; Brown walks walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago as opening statements were expected to begin in R. Kelly's trial, Wednesday morning, Aug. 17, 2022. Two Kelly associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial, while Brown is charged with receiving child pornography. Like Kelly, they also have denied wrongdoing. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Woman describes frequent sex with R Kelly before she was 18

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. Kelly’s federal trial starts Monday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

R. Kelly’s lawyer gets chance to question government witness

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. Kelly’s federal trial starts Monday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

R. Kelly jury to hear opening statements at trial in Chicago

By Michael Tarm and Don Babwin - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. Kelly’s federal trial starts Monday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

R. Kelly accuser to give key testimony on trial-fixing charge

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Musician R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. The disgraced R&B star has been returned to Chicago to stand trial on federal sex charges weeks after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a racketeering and sex trafficking conviction in New York. The 55-year-old Kelly was transferred Tuesday, July 12, 2022, from the federal jail in Brooklyn to the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the Chicago Tribune reported. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File)

Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly back in Chicago for sex trial

Associated Press

R. Kelly arrives at the Cook County Criminal Court Building, in Chicago, June 13, 2008. R&amp;B legend R. Kelly is entering another phase of his well-publicized downward spiral with a sentencing in a New York City courtroom, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, that could put him behind bars for a quarter century or more. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

R. Kelly timeline: Shining star to convicted sex trafficker

Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly and his attorney Jennifer Bonjean, left, appear during his sentencing hearing in federal court, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in New York. The former R&B superstar was convicted of racketeering and other crimes. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

R&B star R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years for racketeering and sex trafficking

By Tom Hays and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Sept. 17, 2019. R&amp;B legend R. Kelly is entering another phase of his well-publicized downward spiral with a sentencing in a New York City courtroom Wednesday, June 29, 2022, that could put him behind bars for 25 years or more. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

R&B hitmaker R. Kelly due in court for sex abuse sentencing

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. A federal judge on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, ordered R&amp;B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

R. Kelly’s Chicago trial on federal sex charges set Aug. 1

Associated Press

This photo from Friday, May 9, 2008, shows R. Kelly arriving for the first day of jury selection in his child pornography trial at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. On Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, prosecutors in Kelly's sex trafficking trial at Brooklyn Federal Court in New York, played video and audio recordings for the jury they say back up allegations he abused women and girls. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

R&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

In this courtroom artist's sketch R. Kelly, left, listens during his trial in New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The 54-year-old Kelly has repeatedly denied accusations that he preyed on several alleged victims during a 30-year career highlighted by his mega hit &quot;I Believe I Can Fly.&quot; (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

Witness testifies R. Kelly paid $200,000 to settle STD suit

Associated Press

In this courtroom artist's sketch R. Kelly, left, listens during his trial in New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The 54-year-old Kelly has repeatedly denied accusations that he preyed on several alleged victims during a 30-year career highlighted by his mega hit &quot;I Believe I Can Fly.&quot; (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

R. Kelly accuser says he kept gun nearby while berating her

By Tom Hays - Associated Press