According to the Chicago Tribune, the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer’s lawyers have filed two motions in Chicago’s federal court seeking a new trial or reversal of his prior convictions of sex abuse and child pornography. Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly’s lead attorney filed the motions with U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber presiding over the hearing on Tuesday (November 15). The …
R. Kelly filed two motions in Chicago’s federal court Tuesday requesting a new trial or reversal of his child pornography and sex abuse convictions, the Chicago Tribune reports. The embattled R&B artist was found guilty in September of three counts of child pornography. He was acquitted of a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge stemming from a 2008 child pornography …
50 Cent, Angie Martinez and more in the Hip Hop world have reacted to Brittney Griner being sentenced to nine years in prison for her Russian drug case. On Thursday (August 4), the imprisoned WNBA star was delivered her sentencing at a court outside Moscow, according to Bloomberg. She faced a maximum of 10 years in prison for drug …
Richard Dabate murdered his wife, Connie, in 2015 A Connecticut man who murdered his wife and then saw his alibi dismantled by recorded movements of her Fitbit faces 60 years in prison following his conviction for the killing. Prosecutors theorized that 39-year-old Connie Dabate was killed so her husband, Richard, could avoid the fallout from a possible divorce after he …
Federal prosecutors in New York filed more than 150 pages in legal briefs late Monday defending the Chicago-based singer R. Kelly’s conviction last year on racketeering charges, arguing the evidence of his sexual misdeeds was overwhelming and that jurors were properly vetted for any potential bias. The filings were a response to motions by Kelly’s attorney last month alleging prosecutors misused a …
Former AMG member and social media sensation Sam Safo popularly known as Showboy will serve six years in prison for stabbing and biting an acquaintance inside a Lawrenceville apartment during an attack that was filmed on an iPad. Safo, 25, was convicted of aggravated battery for the July 2016 incident, which took place at the Wesley Herrington apartments in the …
