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R Kelly has been the subject of numerous allegations over the years (AP)
R Kelly is set to return to court for his long-awaited federal trial stemming from years of accusations he sexually assaulted women and girls while pursuing fame and fortune.
The R&B singer, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, has been the subject of charges over the past decades, including keeping women in an abusive cult and child pornography.
The latest trial – set to open on Wednesday – concerns accusations he was the leader of a two-decade program in which he recruited underage women and girls for sex, including demanding that they show absolute commitment and call him daddy.
Kelly has also denied having abused anyone in the past.
1994: wife Aaliyah, 15 years old
R Kelly secretly married singer Aaliyah when she was 15 and he was 27.
Her parents quickly called off the marriage after finding out.
R Kelly helped the singer make her first record, titled Age Aint Nothing But a Number.
1996: The ex-girlfriend sues Kelly
Tiffany Hawkins is suing Kelly for personal injuries and emotional distress suffered during a relationship with the singer.
2002: Child pornography charges
Kelly was charged with making child pornography after a video emerged of him having sex with a teenage girl and urinating on her.
He was acquitted in 2008 after the jury found he could not prove that the registered girl was underage at the time.
2003: New allegation of child pornography
The singer was arrested in Miami on other counts of child pornography, which charges were later dropped.
2017: allegations of sexual worship
Parents and former members have accused Kelly of holding their daughters against their will in an abusive cult.
According to the charges, Kelly kept the young women in rented houses, made them call him daddy, filmed sexual encounters, and punished them when they broke her rules.
Later that year, a woman told Rolling Stone that she was in an abusive relationship with Kelly.
2019: documentary series aired and Kelly faces multiple charges
The story continues
Surviving R Kelly aired, examining the allegations against the singer. The series explored how an entourage of supporters protected Kelly and silenced her victims for decades.
In February, Kelly was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse amid mounting charges.
In March, a tape allegedly showing R Kelly sexually assaulting underage girls was turned over to police.
Later that year he was charged with a number of charges, including child grooming and images of child sexual abuse.
He also faced racketeering charges, alleging he recruited young girls for sexual abuse at concerts across the United States.
He was also charged with soliciting prostitution from a person under the age of 18.
2021: No more allegations
Prosecutors have revealed allegations against Kelly, asking jurors to hear from more people claiming to have been sexually or physically assaulted, threatened or abused by the singer.
One of the charges involved sexual contact with an underage boy.
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