At Thursday’s sentencing, two of Kelly’s accusers asked Leinenweber deliver a heavy punishment.
“It almost killed me.”
The other accuser, using the pseudonym Nia, personally addressed Kelly.
R. Kelly outside Leighton Courthouse in Chicago in 2019.Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images
“Now you are here… because there is something wrong with you,” she said.
“No longer will you be able to harm children.”
Allegations of sexual misconduct have dogged Kelly for decades, though he continued to sell millions of albums.
