R. Kelly was convicted of multiple child pornography charges during a Chicago trial on Wednesday, September 14. The 55-year-old rapper (full name Robert Sylvester Kelly) was found guilty on three counts of child pornography. Each charge carries a minimum of 10 years in prison, per the outlet.
“If this jury concluded that he was guilty on the first three counts, would they care enough to consider the evidence on the rest? And they demonstrated that they did. They did their job. They looked at each count separately.”
On Wednesday, the “Ignition” musician was acquitted on seven counts, one of which was a child pornography count. The other six were: one count of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and four conspiracy counts.
Their deliberation began after a three-week trial, which consisted of a testimony from one of Kelly’s alleged sexual assault victims. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, claimed on the stand that the singer abused her when she was 14 and tapped the interaction.
The woman’s alleged interaction with Kelly was one of five reports that prosecutors used to convict the Chicago native. The “I Believe I Can Fly” rapper was accused of making explicit videos with four of his five victims in the 1990s. His sentencing date has yet to be announced.