R & B Superstar R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison On Racketeering & Sex Trafficking Charges

US district judge Ann Donnelly has sentenced R. Kelly to 30 years in prison after he was convicted of one count of racketeering and eight counts of sex trafficking last September.

Kelly’s defense attorneys asked the judge for no more than 10 years behind bars, saying the prosecutors’ request was “tantamount to a life sentence.” Prosecutors had asked the judge for a sentence of more than 25 years.

Child pornography and obstruction of justice charges are pending against the singer in a separate federal case in Chicago. The trial begins on August 1.