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Singer R. Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades. Eleven accusers – nine women and two men – took the stand over the searing six-week trial to describe sexual humiliation and violence at his hands. After two days of deliberation, the jury found the US star guilty on all nine charges he was facing.
The New York City medical examiner’s office said Sunday that it had completed an autopsy of the financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein but that it needed more information before determining the cause of death. Epstein’s death came the day after a trove of court documents was unsealed, providing new details about his alleged sex trafficking.
Billionaire financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will make his first appearance in a New York City federal court Monday after being arrested over the weekend on new sex-trafficking charges. Epstein, who once counted as friends former President Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew and President Trump, was arrested Saturday at an airport near New York City after his private jet touched down from France.
Keith Raniere the leader of an Albany-area ‘self-help’ organization called Nxivm was arrested in Mexico and charged with forcing women to engage in sex. A filed complaint stated females who were branded with Rainere’s initials feared ‘collateral’ material they revealed about themselves would be publicly released if they refused to have sex with Raniere.