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NextImg:R. Kelly receives 20-year sentence in child pornography case

An Illinois court sentenced "King of R&B" R. Kelly to a 20 years in prison Thursday.

Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted in last year on charges of child pornography and enticement of minors for sex, according to a report.

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All but one year of this latest sentence is set to be served alongside a 30-year sentence Kelly, 56, received in June 2022 for charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, the report noted.

This means Kelly could be alive when he leaves prison around 80-years-old.

After his September conviction for child pornography and enticement charges, prosecutors had asked that Kelly be handed an additional 25-year sentence, citing his refusal to "accept responsibility for his crimes."

"To the contrary, Kelly brazenly blames his victims and argues that his abuse of 14, 15, and 16 year-old girls was justified because some of his victims as minors 'wanted to pursue a romantic and sexual connection with him and others remained in contact with him as adults," prosecutors stated in sentencing memorandum.

"At the age of 56 years old, Kelly's lack of remorse and failure to grasp the gravity of his criminal conduct against children demonstrates that he poses a serious danger to society. Kelly goes so far as to insinuate that he—and not the young girls he abused— is the victim, because the federal government elected to prosecute him for egregious conduct that occurred throughout the United States for over 20 years."

Kelly's attorney reprimanded the prosecution or the action, calling it an attempt "to inflame the passions of the public and the Court."

"It is the government that fails to grasp that Kelly still enjoys a few constitutional and statutory protections that allow him to challenge the government’s take on the evidence and advocate for an appropriate sentence without being labeled a monster who has no remorse," Jennifer Bonjean, the Grammy-winner's attorney, argued. "The jury that heard this case seemed to respect those basic principles of our criminal justice process. The prosecutors would be wise to take a lesson from the jury."

When he was sentenced Thursday, one of Kelly's victims requested that he be punished harshly, according to the report.

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"Robert shattered me. I need closure. And I need Robert in jail for as long as the law will allow," she said in a statement. "When your virginity is taken by a pedophile at 14 ... your life is never your own."