Illinois prosecutors drop pending criminal cases against R. Kelly, who remains imprisoned on federal convictions - CNN

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Prosecutors successful Illinois’ Cook County person dropped authorities sex-crime charges against vocalist R. Kelly, who has already been convicted of national charges acceptable to support him successful situation for decades.

The Illinois charges – aggravated transgression intersexual battle and aggravated transgression intersexual maltreatment counts involving 4 accusers – are being dropped successful portion due to the fact that of the situation sentences he’s already facing for his national convictions, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said Monday.

CNN has reached retired to Kelly’s lawyer for comment.

After Foxx’s office filed charges successful 2019, Kelly was charged successful national courts successful New York and Chicago, her bureau noted.

In his national lawsuit successful New York, the disgraced R&B vocalist was sentenced to 30 years successful situation aft helium was convicted successful 2021 connected national racketeering and enactment trafficking charges.

In national tribunal successful Chicago, Kelly was convicted of aggregate kid pornography charges and acquitted connected others successful 2022, aft a proceedings that included anonymous grounds from a pistillate who said Kelly sexually abused her and recorded the interactions erstwhile she was arsenic young arsenic 14.

While a condemnation hasn’t been announced successful the second trial, Kelly faces a minimum of 10 to 90 years successful situation for that conviction, the Cook County state’s attorney’s bureau said.

“I recognize however hard it was for these victims to travel guardant and archer their stories. I applaud their courageousness and person the utmost respect for everyone who came forward,” Foxx said successful a quality release.

“While this whitethorn not beryllium the effect they were expecting, owed to the sentences that Mr. Kelly is facing, we bash consciousness that justness has been served,” Foxx added.

Cook County prosecutors had called for victims to travel guardant aft the airing of “Surviving R. Kelly,” a Lifetime documentary bid that chronicled allegations of abuse, predatory behaviour and pedophilia against the singer.

The bureau acceptable up a hotline and interviewed hundreds of witnesses successful Chicago, Atlanta and New York, according to the quality release.

“My bureau volition nonstop our resources to find justness for different victims of intersexual maltreatment who bash not person the powerfulness of a documentary to bring their abusers to light,” Foxx added.