R&B star R Kelly, 55, to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering over 25 years
 

'You taught your victims that love is enslavement and violence': Brooklyn judge sentences R&B star R Kelly, 55, to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering over 25 years

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Disgraced R&B star R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking and abusing young girls as the judge told him that he taught his victims that 'love is enslavement and violence,' and 'the public needs to be protected.'

Kelly, 55, was convicted on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges last September following a nearly six-week trial that amplified accusations that had dogged the singer of the Grammy-winning hit 'I Believe I Can Fly' since the early 2000s.

Judge Ann M. Donnelly handed down Kelly's sentence in Brooklyn Federal Court on Wednesday, despite the defense lawyers' request for a sentence of 10 years or less. Prosecutors had asked for at least 25 years.