From Woody Allen to R. Kelly,a creator’s behaviour stains the films,songs and artworks we once loved. But is cancellation the only answer?
The collection of new songs that briefly appeared on Spotify and Apple Music was an “unauthorised” release of stolen music,the incarcerated R&B singer’s attorney said.
There’s a world of difference between bopping along to R. Kelly and sobering up in front of Harry Potter.
Kelly,55,was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.
“Jane” testified that it was her and the R&B singer in a videotape that was at the heart of his 2008 child pornography trial.
The singer-songwriter used his entourage to meet girls and keep them obedient in a systematic scheme of abuse that went on for decades.
Prosecutors said Kelly took advantage of his fame and charisma to recruit victims,including some plucked from crowds at his concerts,with help people in his entourage.
The singer demanded absolute fealty from the many women and underage girls he recruited for sex in a two-decade racketeering scheme,the prosecutor said as the trial began.
Starting this week,what prosecutors say was a not-so-secret dark side of R&B superstar R. Kelly will be presented in lurid detail for a jury in New York City.
R. Kelly knew he had a problem. He was under investigation for making a videotape that purported to show him having sex with and urinating on a teenage girl.
The R&B singer faces counts ranging from child porn to enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice.