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R. Kelly Placed On Suicide Watch Following His Racketeering Conviction

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R. Kelly Placed On Suicide Watch Following His Racketeering Conviction

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was on suicide watch following his conviction on racketeering charges in New York, according to his lawyer who told a federal judge in Chicago on Wednesday.

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After a jury found Kelly guilty three weeks ago, attorney Steve Greenberg confirmed the U.S. Bureau of Prisons placed the singer on suicide watch for some time but that has since been lifted.

Although Greenberg did not say that Kelly had expressed any actual desire to harm himself, it was noted that placing a convicted prisoner under increased monitoring is common in the federal prison system.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JUNE 26: R&B singer R. Kelly covers his mouth as he speaks to members of his entourage as he leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building following a hearing on June 26, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Prosecutors turned over to Kelly’s defense team a DVD that alleges to show Kelly having sex with an underage girl in the 1990s. Kelly has been charged with multiple sex crimes involving four women, three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged encounters.
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As we previously reported, on September 27 this year, Kelly was convicted of nine sex crimes, including racketeering and sex trafficking. The 54-year-old is also currently awaiting an additional trial in Chicago, where he’s accused of another 13 sex crimes, including the production of child pornography.

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