Charged with making sex videotape with teen, superstar singer's career continued to flourish
It has been six years since silky-voiced singer R. Kelly was indicted on child pornography charges, accused of videotaping himself in sex acts with a 14-year-old girl. He has since sold millions of albums, earned tens of millions of dollars, toured the U.S. – and never faced a jury.
The tape, first leaked to the Chicago Sun-Times in 2002, led to a 21-count grand jury indictment against Kelly, later reduced to 14 counts. Cook County's chief prosecutor, Richard A. Devine, said at the time that the charges should "send a message to sexual predators that taking advantage of minors will not be tolerated."
Kelly was sued before the indictment by at least two women who said they had sex with him before they turned 18
They battled about the videotape.
R. Kelly arrives at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago
e's accused of making a sex tape with
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