It looks like R. Kelly will be getting the help he needs after he serves his time in the slammer for his alleged crimes.
As we previously reported, the disgraced singer was handed down a 30-year prison sentence earlier this week following his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges stemming from his efforts over years to use his fame to lure victims he sexually abused. “The public has to be protected from behaviors like this,” judge Donnelly reportedly told Kelly during the sentencing. “These crimes were calculated and carefully planned and regularly executed for almost 25 years,” she added. “You taught them that love is enslavement and violence.”
More details about his prison sentence and relapse have been shared and then he’ll have to live under a slew of strict conditions and counseling. Donnelly has ordered mental health treatment for the singer upon his release. According to docs, his treatment will include therapy for an unspecified sexual disorder. He’s also ordered to avoid all contact with anyone under 18. It was said that The only way he’ll be allowed to be around someone under 18 is if it’s a family member, or it’s in a therapeutic setting with a “responsible adult” present.
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Kelly will be over 80 years old when he gets out but the judge still wants to make sure he’s not a threat to the community by recommending these stay-away orders.
In deciding the sentence, Donnelly said she actually considered Kelly’s own traumatic childhood, during which his attorneys said he was repeatedly sexually abused by a family member and a landlord. “It may explain, at least in part, what led to your behavior,” the judge said. “It most surely is not an excuse.”
What Is Up Next For R.Kelly
R. Kelly may be doing even more time behind bars as he is scheduled to stand trial in August in Chicago on federal child pornography and obstruction of justice charges. We will continue to keep you updated as we follow the case.