R. Kelly tuned 6 victims of $ 9.9 million out of 2022 judgment

Several R. Kelly The victims are true to the shameful musician for millions they claim he is still guilty.

In a new trial submitted on January 31, six of the singer’s alleged victim who won a judgment of $ 10.3 million against him in 2022 claims that Kelly, along with his record label and other parties, is still guilty of most of the sum. New York Post was the first to report the news.

In August 2023, Kelly, who is currently in prison, was ordered to pay the plaintiffs – Lizette Martinez, Lisa van Allen, Kelly Rodgers, Faith Rodgers, Roderick Gartell and GEM Pratts – over $ 5.1 million in combined compensatory injuries and over 4, $ 5 million in penal injuries, plus interest, per court records obtained by people.

He still owes them over $ 9.9 million of the sum, the complainants claim.

The victims filed for Kelly, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, along with his former record label, Universal Music, Sublabel Universal Music-Z Tunes and Revenue Sharing Platform Indybuild. The musician’s former manager, Donnell Russell, was also appointed in the trial.

Kelly’s Co-publishing agreement with its label ended in March 2019, but the company “remains contractually obliged to collect revenue and hand over music publishing of royalties” to the singer (or his “appointed representative”) for all compositions delivered during the contract’s term, complainants claim the trial.

Complainant’s lawyer, Adam Sackowitz, did not immediately respond to people’s request for comment on Sunday 8 February. Attorneys for the defendants, in the meantime, could not be reached.

Two of the plaintiffs, Martinez and van Allen, previously Opened to people about the abuse they claim they suffered on KellyAs they also shared in Lifetime Documentary Survivor R. Kellywhich was released in 2019.

Martinez first met Kelly in 1995 when she was a 17-year-old high school. She had a sexual and “offensive” relationship with the star, which she thought would help her to run a music career “just as he did with Aaliyah“She told People 2019.

Van Allen first met Kelly in 1998 at the video game for “Home Alone”, when she was also 17 years old. “One of the first things he asked me was,“ How old are you? “We had sex the same day – he didn’t waste any time,” she told People 2019. She later testified against him in his child porn study in 2008.

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Kelly was Sentenced to 20 years in prison In February 2023 after being convicted of child pornography and attractive by minors for sex.

The conviction followed an earlier conviction of allegations of racetetership and sex trading, as he was emitted a 30-year-old judgment. Kelly is currently serving 19 years of her two sentences at the same time and will be eligible for release in 2045.

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