R Kelly is placed on suicide watch after being given new trial date for his federal case in Chicago - Daily Mail

R&B singer R Kelly was on suicide watch after being convicted of sex trafficking charges in New York, his lawyer told a federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday. .

In the first court hearing since a jury found Kelly guilty three weeks ago, attorneys told the judge they estimated their Kelly's case, along with those of co-defendants Derrell McDavid and Milton 'June' Brown, would last three to four weeks.

Kelly was found guilty of all nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury late September during his sex trafficking trial where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls for sex.

Kelly, 54, who was born Robert Sylvester Kelly, is also facing four separate charges alleging sexual abuse in state court in Chicago and a child prostitution charge in Minnesota.

But there is virtually no chance that the federal charges in Chicago will be dropped.

Kelly, who has been jailed without bail since 2019, was convicted last month by a federal jury in New York on racketeering conspiracy charges and other counts.

If Kelly's federal case goes to trial in Chicago next summer, then graphic sextapes that Kate allegedly made, which involve him having sex with at least three underage girls, would likely be the main talking point. .

The girl, who is identified as Minor 1 in the charges, is now collaborating with federal investigators and is expected to be one of the key witnesses to testify against Kelly should his case in Chicago go to trial. .

Many of Kelly's accusers shared stories echoing the tone of Minor 1, saying they met the singer at concerts or mall performances, and were paid by Kelly's businesses in exchange for their silence (Pictured: R. Kelly tells Judge Ann Donnelly that he does not wish to testify during his sex abuse trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court on September 22).

She is also an alleged victims in one of the four pending sexual abuse allegations that were filed against Kelly in Cook County in February 2019.

June 2002: Kelly is indicted in Chicago on child pornography charges stemming from the sex tape.

January 2003: Kelly is arrested at a Florida hotel on additional child pornography charges after investigators said they found photos of him having sex with a girl.

Kelly of sexual battery, mental and verbal abuse, and knowingly inflicting her with herpes during a yearlong relationship.

Faith Rogers says Kelly had written a letter the previous October to one of her lawyers, threatening to reveal embarrassing details of her sexual history if she didn't drop her May 2018 lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse.

February 2019: Attorney Michael Avenatti says he gave Chicago prosecutors new video evidence of Kelly having sex with an underage girl, and that it is not the same evidence used in Kelly's 2008 trial.

March 2019: CBS airs interview in which Kelly vehemently denied the sexual abuse charges against him

July 2019: Kelly is indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on charges including child pornography, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice

August 2019: Kelly pleads not guilty to federal charges accusing him of sexually abusing women and girls who attended his concerts, as his lawyers continue to label the alleged victims disgruntled 'groupies.'

October 2019: Kelly is denied bail in his New York City sex abuse case after a judge agreed with prosecutors that freeing him from jail would create a risk of him fleeing or tampering with witnesses

December 2019: Kelly is charged by federal prosecutors with paying a bribe in exchange for a 'fraudulent identification document' for an unidentified female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah

March 2020: Kelly pleads not guilty in Chicago to an updated federal indictment that included child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors say more charges alleging yet another victim were upcoming

August 2020: Federal prosecutors announce charges against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida

September 2021: After a six-week long trial, the jury find Kelly guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking