An associate of Kelly who helped him intimidate a witness has received a federal prison sentence.
Things with R. Kelly's upcoming Brooklyn trial continue to develop.
As per new reports, an associate of singer R. Kelly took a plea deal today (April 19) in a Brooklyn federal court for trying to silence Azriel Cleary -- a witness in Kelly's racketeering case and one of the singer's ex-girlfriends and sexual assault victims -- by burning down her SUV back in June.
In response to the recent allegations of sexual abuse surrounding well-known musicians in the Black community, #MeToo has partnered with Time's Up and the National Women's Law Center to release a statement, an open letter, addressed to "Black survivors" who are under scrutiny.