R. Kelly is set to go on trial next spring on sex misconduct charges.
Kelly's initial trial date on 13 federal charges in Illinois has been set for April 27, 2020. US District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber set the trial date Wednesday.The singer is accused of recruiting women for sex, persuading people to conceal that he had sexual contact with teenage girls and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy back missing videotapes of the encounters, according to the indictment.
He was ordered last month to remain in custody pending his trial.Read MoreKelly also faces a variety of federal charges including kidnapping and sexual exploitation in New York and state charges of prostitution involving a minor in Minnesota.The allegations go back yearsKelly has faced accusations of abuse, manipulation and inappropriate encounters with girls and young women for more than two decades.
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