# Do you think R. Kelly will ever face consequences? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 20, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261 "2020-02-20T22:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/21 "2020-02-29T20:25:46Z")
I’ve been waiting for a good job to drop in my lap! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/22 "2020-02-29T21:24:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’ve been waiting for a good job to drop in my lap! Not sure being AG counts as a “good job”, especially with who the recent boss has been. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/23 "2020-03-02T18:08:55Z")
Would be the second-best job offer I’ve had in a long, long time! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/24 "2021-09-27T00:54:22Z")
I think R Kelly will absolutely face consequences. It’s a shame that he’s such a creep. I liked his music. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/25 "2021-09-27T19:32:01Z")
guilty on all counts, sentencing in may. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/26 "2021-09-28T02:34:20Z")
I’m going out on a limb and saying he will face consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/27 "2021-09-28T04:54:46Z")
You’re a brave, brave man. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/28 "2021-09-28T18:39:21Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ladies and gentlemen, our new Attorney General I agree with **Gato**. It has taken decades to get this waste of space facing serious charges. He’s been convicted on trafficking now, facing a depressingly low sentence, but I have hopes that the other charges (if he’s convicted) will add time on. Like OJ, he’ll have a coterie of followers, will splash cash to get all the extras he can swing, and will have an easier time in jail than most. Hopefully it will at least reduce his influence over people outside the prison system, but even that seems unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/29 "2021-09-28T20:17:28Z")
On reread, my post from Feb '20 might have been taken as a swipe at **Gato**. It was not. I thoroughly enjoy his sense of humor. It was a commentary on the quality of people staffing the previous administration, and recognizing Mr. Kelly as a potential candidate for AG. I apologize for any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/30 "2021-09-28T20:30:02Z")
D’oh! I didn’t notice the date. Rookie mistake on my part. Yes, Gato would have been a much better choice for AG. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/31 "2021-09-28T20:56:39Z")
No, it’s good. I have an annoying habit of being unclear, it’s why I don’t post much anymore. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/32 "2022-06-29T19:16:26Z")
30 years of consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/33 "2022-06-29T19:54:54Z")
I’m just reading the Wikipedia article. He started sexually abusing Aaliyah when she was 13, then wrote and produced her first album before illegally marrying her at the age of 15 using false papers. And he called the album _Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number_. That is nothing if not bold. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/34 "2022-06-29T20:05:49Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > 30 years of consequences. For those who’d like more details, the sentence came down today (but there are still pending cases against him in Illinois and Minnesota): > **[R. Kelly is sentenced to 30 years in prison](https://www.npr.org/2022/06/29/1105551227/r-kelly-sentence-30-years)** > > The R&B star was convicted in New York last year of sexual exploitation of a child, bribery, sex trafficking and racketeering. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/35 "2022-06-29T20:10:25Z")
I’m in a jail cell. Trapped in a jail cell… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/36 "2022-06-29T21:01:05Z")
Has anyone seen anything about prosecution of his entourage? There’s a lot of talk about enablers during his trial, but I can’t find anything about anyone else actually being prosecuted. There must have been a lot of people involved, and deterring people from cooperation and deference is equally important. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/37 "2022-06-30T02:38:52Z")
Another case where I’m glad to be wrong. Actually happens so often, it don’t even faze me anymore. I’m as out of touch as Column shifts and Ashtrays. But seriously, can I be AG? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/38 "2022-06-30T04:02:22Z")
Can I help? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/39 "2022-06-30T06:30:29Z")
The court found that in this case there was, indeed, something wrong with a little bump ‘n grind. (I’ll see myself out.) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261/40 "2022-06-30T08:29:47Z")
It’ll be like _Murder, She Wrote_ once a long-timer gets a shank and a chance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-r-kelly-will-ever-face-consequences/848261.md?page=3)