Last September Grammy Award wining singer / songwriter R. Kelly was convicted on nine counts -- one count of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act in a federal case in the Eastern District of New York [click
here if you missed that].
Now its time to pay the piper...
Today R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Seven of R. Kelly's victims gave impact statements during the three hour hearing and held hands as the sentence was handed down.
R. Kelly is now awaiting trial for his child pornography case in Chicago [click
here if you missed that].
