It’s being debated that according to evidence and testimonies presented in the court, the case was “centered on racketeering charges and allegations that Kelly, his bodyguards, drivers, managers and others developed a decades-long scheme which resulted in all the criminal activities including sexual abuse.”
Initially, R Kelly was facing separate charged in Illinois federal court and according to experts, those charges would have been more serious and likely to stick.
The Illinois trial was to focus on Kelly’s sexual abuse and child pornography crimes.