Prosecutors Ask for More Than 25 Years in Federal Prison for R. Kelly on New York Racketeering Conviction

Singer R. Kelly at the Daley Center in Chicago for a child support hearing on March 13, 2019. Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS

By Jason Meisner and Megan Crepeau From Chicago Tribune

Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday asked for a sentence “in excess of 25 years” in prison for convicted singer R. Kelly, saying his racketeering conviction was part of a “long and pervasive history of enticing children to engage in sexual activity.”