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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silifat" data-source="post: 4835" data-attributes="member: 1266">Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday, according to the <a href="https://twitter.com/EDNYnews/status/1542222822260482049?s=20&t=BGSWgtjIkuB-XxnuDhPgYg" target="_blank">US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York</a>, following his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges stemming from his efforts over years to use his fame to ensnare victims he sexually abused.<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/r-kelly-federal-prosecutors-sentencing-recommendations/index.html" target="_blank">Prosecutors had asked</a> the judge to sentence Kelly, 55, to more than 25 years behind bars, while his defense attorneys asked for 10 or fewer, saying prosecutors' request was "tantamount <img src="https://cdn-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220608212533-r-kelly-file-restricted-050719-medium-plus-169.jpg" alt="Federal prosecutors recommend R. Kelly be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/r-kelly-federal-prosecutors-sentencing-recommendations/index.html" target="_blank">Federal prosecutors recommend R. Kelly be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison</a>Survivors of Kelly's abuse held hands and prayed as US District Court Judge Ann Donnelly began reading his sentence. Kelly -- who wore a tan prison uniform, dark-rimmed glasses and a black mask at the hearing in federal court in Brooklyn -- showed no emotion.</blockquote>

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