The R. Kelly verdict in his Chicago trial for child pornography ends journalist Jim DeRogatis' two-decade crusade on behalf of the singer's victims.
The R. Kelly verdict in his Chicago trial for child pornography ends journalist Jim DeRogatis' two-decade crusade on behalf of the singer's victims.&B superstar R. Kelly had been abusing underage girls. Kelly's conviction in Chicago is the culmination of his fight to get their voices heard.READ MORE:For more than 20 years, DeRogatis has turned his career into a crusade.
The child pornography charges that Kelly was convicted of Wednesday began with a tape that the then-Sun Times reporter anonymously received in 2002.
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