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Description: New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Mann Act.

R&B singer Robert Sylvester Kelly, a/k/a R. Kelly's musical career will come to a permanent end when he is sentenced on June 30, 2022. He was found guilty of violation the Mann Act on September 27, 2021 of sex trafficking women and girls.


The defendant, an international music star, was charged with using his fame and organization to lure young people into abusive sexual relationships-a racketeering enterprise that the government alleged spanned about 25 years. Over the course of a six-week trial, the government presented the testimony of 45 witnesses and introduced hundreds of exhibits, including written, videotaped and audiotaped evidence of the abuse to which the defendant, enabled by his employees and associates, subjected his victims. On September 27, 2021, a jury convicted the defendant for that conduct.[1]...


The defendant was charged in a third superseding indictment with racketeering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (Count 1); transportation of Jane for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a) (Count 2); coercion of Jane for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(a) (Count 3); coercion of Jane, as a minor, for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) (Count 4); transportation of Jane, as a minor, for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) (Count 5); transportation of Faith for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a) (Count 6); coercion of Faith for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(a) (Count 7); transportation of Faith for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a) (Count 8); and coercion of Faith for the purpose of illegal sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(a) (Count 9). (ECF No. 43.)...




18:1962 RACKETEERING
(1)
18:1962(c), 1963 and 3551 et seq. - RACKETEERING
(1s)
18:1962(c), 1963 and 3551 et seq - RACKETEERING
(1ss)
18:1962(c), 1963 and 3551 et seq. - RACKETEERING
(1sss)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - TRANSPORTING FOR PROSTITUTION
(2)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - TRANSPORTING FOR PROSTITUTION
(2s)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Transportation - Jane Doe #6
(2ss)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Transportation - Jane Doe #5
(2sss)
18:2422)(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - COERCION OR ENTICEMENT OF FEMALE
(3)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - COERCION OR ENTICEMENT OF FEMALE
(3s)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Coercion and Enticement - Jane Doe #6
(3ss)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Coercion and Enticement - Jane Doe #5
(3sss)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - TRANSPORTING FOR PROSTITUTION
(4)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - TRANSPORTING FOR PROSTITUTION
(4s)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Transportation - Jane Doe #6
(4ss)
18:2422(b), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Coercion of Minor - Jane Doe #5
(4sss)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - COERCION OR ENTICEMENT OF FEMALE
(5)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq. - COERCION OR ENTICEMENT OF FEMALE
(5s)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Coercion and Enticement - Jane Doe #6
(5ss)
18:2423(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Transportation of Minor - Jane Doe #5
(5sss)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Transportation - Jane Doe #6
(6sss)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Coercion and Enticement - Jane Doe #6
(7sss)
18:2421(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Transportation - Jane Doe #6
(8sss)
18:2422(a), 2 and 3551 et seq - Mann Act Coercion and Enticement - Jane Doe #6
(9sss)

The Mann Act provides: Whoever knowingly transports any individual in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, with intent that such individual engage in prostitution, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

Outcome: 06/29/2022 318 MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER: The defendant's motions for a judgment of acquittal and for a new trial are denied. Ordered by Judge Ann M. Donnelly on 6/29/2022 (Baer, Nicholas) (Entered: 06/29/2022)

Kelly could be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison.

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