BREAKING NEWS: American singer, R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex abuse

American R&B singer, and songwriter, Robert Sylvester Kelly, professionally known as R. Kelly, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for recruiting and trapping teenagers and women for sex.

The embattled singer was given this penalty on Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

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Judge Ann Donnelly handed down the term in the Brooklyn federal court nearly a year after the 55-year-old Kelly was convicted by a New York jury.

Announcing this, the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York said:

“The verdict is in: R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years,”

The prosecutors had urged the court to put the “I Believe I Can Fly” artist behind bars for at least 25 years, saying he still “poses a danger to the public.”