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The rise and fall of R Kelly

1 July 2022

7:09 PM

1 July 2022

7:09 PM

It’s been an eventful week for celebrity justice, especially of the entirely predictable kind. First, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years for recruiting and trafficking young girls. Now, the musician and paedophile R. Kelly has received a 30-year prison sentence for sexually abusing girls, boys and women.

He was convicted of the offence last September so a lengthy prison sentence has been inevitable ever since.

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