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To my knowledge R. kellywas indicted on over 20 counts of sex with a minor but they reduced to a minor charge, I think solicitation.....it all stemmed from a videotape of him with the 14 year old niece of Sparkle that was allover the internet.
He has a long record of having sex with underage girls as far back as 1991 when several 14 and 15 year olds first started "bragging" about sleeping with him.
He also married Aaliyah when she was only 15.
He has a long record of having sex with underage girls as far back as 1991 when several 14 and 15 year olds first started "bragging" about sleeping with him.
He also married Aaliyah when she was only 15.
Here is the more accurate info:
None of the prior reports of Kelly reached the level of publicity that followed the release of a video tape in February 2002 that allegedly showed Kelly and a 14-year-old daughter of an associate, and niece of Sparkle, a former Kelly protégé, engaging in sex. The tape, released by an unknown source, was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times, the newspaper that broke the story. While witnesses have identified the alleged victim, the girl and her parents have denied that she is the person shown on the tape. Kelly has also denied that he is the man in the video.
Bootleg copies of that tape became widely available on the black market and over file sharing networks. The tape showed numerous sex acts, including the girl being urinated upon. In June 2002, Kelly was indicted in Chicago for 21 counts of having sex with a minor, which were later reduced to soliciting a minor for child pornography, seven counts of videotaping the acts, and seven counts of producing child pornography. These charges came after viewing the tapes showed that there was no actual sexual intercourse involved. Kelly still faces 14 of the charges.
In addition to the charges in Illinois, Kelly was being considered for further charges in Polk county Florida in January 2003 on 12 counts of possession of child pornography when authorities alleged to have found a digital camera containing 12 pictures of an underage female with three of them showing Kelly and her engaged in intercourse. These claims were never proven, and the charges were dropped after the search that led to them was ruled illegal.
None of the prior reports of Kelly reached the level of publicity that followed the release of a video tape in February 2002 that allegedly showed Kelly and a 14-year-old daughter of an associate, and niece of Sparkle, a former Kelly protégé, engaging in sex. The tape, released by an unknown source, was sent to the Chicago Sun-Times, the newspaper that broke the story. While witnesses have identified the alleged victim, the girl and her parents have denied that she is the person shown on the tape. Kelly has also denied that he is the man in the video.
Bootleg copies of that tape became widely available on the black market and over file sharing networks. The tape showed numerous sex acts, including the girl being urinated upon. In June 2002, Kelly was indicted in Chicago for 21 counts of having sex with a minor, which were later reduced to soliciting a minor for child pornography, seven counts of videotaping the acts, and seven counts of producing child pornography. These charges came after viewing the tapes showed that there was no actual sexual intercourse involved. Kelly still faces 14 of the charges.
In addition to the charges in Illinois, Kelly was being considered for further charges in Polk county Florida in January 2003 on 12 counts of possession of child pornography when authorities alleged to have found a digital camera containing 12 pictures of an underage female with three of them showing Kelly and her engaged in intercourse. These claims were never proven, and the charges were dropped after the search that led to them was ruled illegal.
"If" he is the man in this video, or any video, with an underage naked girl he definitely deserves much of what is said about him. It doesn't even matter if the young girl went willingly. She is a child/minor and her maturity level for making proper decisons is just not there. He is definitely guilty of something whether charged or not. You don't have to lable him a child molester, BUT it is improper behavior and it is illegal. I suppose if he does have problems he will slip up again...one day he will be caught, charged, and prosecuted. I am just concerned for any young person and how this may change her entire life.
Oprah Winfrey believes her beloved dog Gracie died for a reason.
The TV mogul, whose two-year-old Golden Retriever died in May after choking
on a plastic ball, has spoken of her “stabbing pain and disbelief” but is
determined to learn from the tragedy.
She revealed in O, The Oprah Magazine: “I don’t believe in accidents. I know
for sure that everything in life happens to help us live.
“Gracie did more living in two years than most dogs do in 12. This dog lived
every moment as though it were her last. Her life was a gift to me. Her
death, a greater one.”
The chat show host was lunching with friends on the fateful day, while
Gracie was exercising with her dog walker and two other Golden Retrievers.
Gracie found the clear ball - belonging to Winfrey’s 12-year-old Cocker
Spaniel Sophie - in the grass and swallowed it.
Oprah recalls: “I ran barefoot out of the house and found the dog walker and
one of my security guards pumping her chest.
“Just as I reached them, the security guard looked up and said, ‘I’m sorry,
ma’am. We tried everything. I’m sorry. She’s gone.’
“I stood there dazed, stunned, crying - and watched as they placed her in
the back of a golf cart, her still-warm body with the lipstick stain from my
kiss on her fur.”
The 53-year-old has never had children but currently has two Cocker Spaniels
and two Golden Retrievers.
The TV mogul, whose two-year-old Golden Retriever died in May after choking
on a plastic ball, has spoken of her “stabbing pain and disbelief” but is
determined to learn from the tragedy.
She revealed in O, The Oprah Magazine: “I don’t believe in accidents. I know
for sure that everything in life happens to help us live.
“Gracie did more living in two years than most dogs do in 12. This dog lived
every moment as though it were her last. Her life was a gift to me. Her
death, a greater one.”
The chat show host was lunching with friends on the fateful day, while
Gracie was exercising with her dog walker and two other Golden Retrievers.
Gracie found the clear ball - belonging to Winfrey’s 12-year-old Cocker
Spaniel Sophie - in the grass and swallowed it.
Oprah recalls: “I ran barefoot out of the house and found the dog walker and
one of my security guards pumping her chest.
“Just as I reached them, the security guard looked up and said, ‘I’m sorry,
ma’am. We tried everything. I’m sorry. She’s gone.’
“I stood there dazed, stunned, crying - and watched as they placed her in
the back of a golf cart, her still-warm body with the lipstick stain from my
kiss on her fur.”
The 53-year-old has never had children but currently has two Cocker Spaniels
and two Golden Retrievers.
OMG this makes me want to cry...it's so sad when a person is so attached to their pet and the pet dies. 
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