R. Kelly charged in sex-trafficking scheme

By Barbara Smith
Updated July 13 2019 - 6:43am, first published 6:40am
R&B singer R. Kelly (C) is now facing federal charges over a 20-year sex trafficking scheme.
R&B singer R. Kelly (C) is now facing federal charges over a 20-year sex trafficking scheme.

Singer R. Kelly, already charged with sexual assault in Illinois, has been indicted in federal courts in New York and Chicago with transporting women and girls across state lines for sex, forcibly keeping them under his control and buying their silence.