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R. Kelly Gets 30 Years Without Parole For Sex Trafficking R. Kelly Gets 30 Years Without Parole For Sex Trafficking
R. Kelly Gets 30 Years Without Parole For Sex Trafficking R&B singer R. Kelly is a "disgusting" child abuser who taught his victims that love was "enslavement and violence," said a federal judge in Brooklyn who sentenced him to 30 years in prison Wednesday for running a decades-long sex trafficking ring that included child victims. The “I Believe I Can Fly” singer raped and otherwise sexually abused victims "with regularity" for nearly 25 years, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Donnelly said. “This case is not about sex. It’s about violence and cruelty and control,” the judge told Kelly, who reportedly is now destitute after selling more tha…

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Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus, the head of the New York State corrections officers union confirmed on Sunday. Weinstein, the 68-year-old former movie producer serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, was placed in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility, said Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. Weinstein was transferred to the maximum security prison east of Buffalo from Rikers Island on Wednesday, authorities said. Rikers reportedly has one of the country's highe…

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Woman Apparently Groped By Sussex Sheriff Says Photos Were Fabricated: Report Woman Apparently Groped By Sussex Sheriff Says Photos Were Fabricated: Report
Woman Apparently Groped By Sussex Sheriff Says Photos Were Fabricated: Report Photos of Sussex County Sheriff Michael Strada with his hand on a woman's behind that circulated on social media were apparently "completely fabricated," the woman in the photo told local media. The woman -- who privately disclosed her identity to NJ.com -- said she was never inappropriately touched by the sheriff and even defended his character. "Sheriff Strada is an honest, decent public official and this controversy over what seems to be an enhanced, six-second video has been completely fabricated by a man who is shamelessly hiding behind a phony name, a phony Facebook page and the …

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by Cecilia Levine