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28th June 2022
06:31pm BST
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They wrote: "He lured young girls and boys into his orbit, often through empty or conditioned promises of assistance in developing a career in the entertainment industry or simply by playing into the minors' understandable desire to meet and spend time with a popular celebrity."
Kelly's lawyer Jennifer Bonjean has requested the minimum sentencing of 10 years in a court filing kept from public view. Bonjean said she submitted it under seal as the document contains sensitive information about Kelly's own sexual abuse as a child and information that could "implicate others." More details should be revealed today.
Bonjean also intends to appeal the conviction, having previously said that a Judge's job is "based on not just retribution, but based on rehabilitation and reasonableness."
"This mob-justice mentality is not the way to go," she said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "It's not good for society and it doesn't take into account the human being. … No matter how angry people are, R. Kelly is a human being."
Prosecutors also filed their documents under seal solely because Bonjean did.
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