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<p>Good morning! Wake up and smell the tea: there&#39;s one less evil alleged sex predator running in the streets for now.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/frc5xfWMX0Vig" width="500" height="268" frameborder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Yes, R&amp;B singer <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/snl-mercilessly-takes-down-r-kelly-spoof-gayle-king-interview/">Robert &quot;R.&quot; Kelly</a> has finally been nabbed by the authorities and charged with a slew of offenses including enticement of a minor and child pornography. More charges are expected to come to the surface later today.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">R Kelly is back in jail tonight gorls <a href="https://twitter.com/emoblackthot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@emoblackthot</a> <a href="https://t.co/ORzemAGWGp">pic.twitter.com/ORzemAGWGp</a></p>&mdash; Kee 💋 (@kiaraaaac_) <a href="https://twitter.com/kiaraaaac_/status/1149534693232009219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The charges against Kelly come from New York and Chicago, but he was arrested in Chicago while walking his dog last night, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/11/r-kelly-arrested-sex-trafficking-charges-federal/" target="_blank">according to TMZ</a>. He&#39;s going to be arraigned in Illinois first, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/11/r-kelly-arrested-sex-trafficking-charges-federal/" target="_blank">TMZ</a> says, then authorities will take him to New York. More charges are expected to be brought up in New York today, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/nyregion/rkelly-arrested.html">according to the New York Times</a>.</p><p>Kelly&#39;s being indicted on 13 counts ranging from enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice to child pornography, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/nyregion/rkelly-arrested.html">according to the New York Times</a>. He&#39;s also already battling charges at the state level after he pled not guilty to 10 felonies related to sexual assault back in June, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/07/11/r-kelly-arrested-sex-trafficking-charges-federal/" target="_blank">according to TMZ</a>. So he&#39;s basically in a giant legal mess.</p><p>As <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/nyregion/rkelly-arrested.html">The New York Times points out</a>, Kelly&#39;s been a suspected (and often confirmed) perv for a while:</p><blockquote> <p>Suspicion has loomed over Mr. Kelly since his brief marriage, in 1994, to the singer Aaliyah when she was 15. He was tried in 2008 on child pornography charges stemming from a 27-minute tape in which prosecutors said he had sex with and urinated on a teenage girl. He<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/arts/music/14kell.html?module=inline"> was acquitted on all counts</a> after the girl declined to testify against him.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>R. Kelly&#39;s alleged predilections were only joked about, rather than investigated, for years until a bombshell <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimderogatis/parents-told-police-r-kelly-is-keeping-women-in-a-cult" target="_blank">BuzzFeed News report</a> claimed he was basically running a sex cult full of groomed teens in his home in 2017. This report helped inspire the six-part documentary series &quot;Surviving R. Kelly.&quot; And we all remember that infamous interview with Gayle King that followed.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe oembed-full-width"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3MZRfxSgkLA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>He continually denies wrongdoing.</p><p>The internet is happy to see some justice is finally being served in the case of a powerful sex predator like Kelly.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me, every time that R. Kelly is arrested, charged, and humiliated so that the world sees him for the child-molesting piece of shit that he&#39;s always been: <a href="https://t.co/zTrFjHpPOo">https://t.co/zTrFjHpPOo</a></p>&mdash; hellresidentNY (@hellresidentNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/hellresidentNY/status/1149523924134137856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Twitter&#39;s first question: what took so long?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It only took 20 years. Does this mean Trump will get arrested after he is dead?</p>&mdash; One Love (@mtran03) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtran03/status/1149524437969956864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>People are also wondering if there&#39;s a connection between Kelly&#39;s arrest and all the news surrounding billionaire accused child rapist Jeffrey Epstein, who <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/12/3/18116351/jeffrey-epstein-indictment-arrested-trump-clinton-acosta" target="_blank">was arrested and charged with similar crimes last Saturday</a>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING NEWS: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JeffreyEpstein?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JeffreyEpstein</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RKelly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RKelly</a> to record a new duet -- &quot;I Believe I Am No Longer Legally Allowed To Fly.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/t292gUtbcI">pic.twitter.com/t292gUtbcI</a></p>&mdash; David Wild (@Wildaboutmusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wildaboutmusic/status/1149523501478318080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>There are also questions about similar alleged sex predators being let to slide because of race while Kelly becomes a scapegoat.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">if R Kelly were white Trump would already have made him Secretary of Defense.</p>&mdash; Erin 🎃GrudgePAC🎃 Ryan (@morninggloria) <a href="https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/1148638037498138626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Still, Kelly&#39;s being roasted far and wide. Good thing they don&#39;t have wifi in jail.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/SlowDownMeow/status/1149538901196861442</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

R. Kelly has been arrested for 13 alleged sex crimes in Chicago.

Good morning! Wake up and smell the tea: there&#39;s one less evil alleged sex predator running in the streets for now.Yes, R&amp;B singer Robert &quot;R.&quot; Kelly has finally been nabbed by the authorities and charged with a slew of offenses including enticement of a minor and child pornography. More charges are expected to come to the surface later today.R Kelly is back in jail tonight gorls @emoblackthot pic.twitter.com/ORzemAGWGp&mdash; Kee 💋 (@kiaraaaac_) July 12, 2019 The charges against Kelly come from New York and Chicago, but he was arrested in Chicago while walking his dog last night, according to TMZ. He&#39;s going to be arraigned in Illinois first, TMZ says, then authorities will take him to New York. More charges are expected to be brought up in New York today, according to the New York Times.Kelly&#39;s being indicted on 13 counts ranging from enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice to child pornography, according to the New York Times. He&#39;s also already battling charges at the state level after he pled not guilty to 10 felonies related to sexual assault back in June, according to TMZ. So he&#39;s basically in a giant legal mess.As The New York Times points out, Kelly&#39;s been a suspected (and often confirmed) perv for a while: Suspicion has loomed over Mr. Kelly since his brief marriage, in 1994, to the singer Aaliyah when she was 15. He was tried in 2008 on child pornography charges stemming from a 27-minute tape in which prosecutors said he had sex with and urinated on a teenage girl. He was acquitted on all counts after the girl declined to testify against him. R. Kelly&#39;s alleged predilections were only joked about, rather than investigated, for years until a bombshell BuzzFeed News report claimed he was basically running a sex cult full of groomed teens in his home in 2017. This report helped inspire the six-part documentary series &quot;Surviving R. Kelly.&quot; And we all remember that infamous interview with Gayle King that followed.He continually denies wrongdoing.The internet is happy to see some justice is finally being served in the case of a powerful sex predator like Kelly.Me, every time that R. Kelly is arrested, charged, and humiliated so that the world sees him for the child-molesting piece of shit that he&#39;s always been: https://t.co/zTrFjHpPOo&mdash; hellresidentNY (@hellresidentNY) July 12, 2019 Twitter&#39;s first question: what took so long?It only took 20 years. Does this mean Trump will get arrested after he is dead?&mdash; One Love (@mtran03) July 12, 2019 People are also wondering if there&#39;s a connection between Kelly&#39;s arrest and all the news surrounding billionaire accused child rapist Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested and charged with similar crimes last Saturday.BREAKING NEWS: #JeffreyEpstein &amp; #RKelly to record a new duet -- &quot;I Believe I Am No Longer Legally Allowed To Fly.&quot; pic.twitter.com/t292gUtbcI&mdash; David Wild (@Wildaboutmusic) July 12, 2019 There are also questions about similar alleged sex predators being let to slide because of race while Kelly becomes a scapegoat.if R Kelly were white Trump would already have made him Secretary of Defense.&mdash; Erin 🎃GrudgePAC🎃 Ryan (@morninggloria) July 9, 2019 Still, Kelly&#39;s being roasted far and wide. Good thing they don&#39;t have wifi in jail.https://twitter.com/SlowDownMeow/status/1149538901196861442

Good morning! Wake up and smell the tea: there&#39;s one less evil alleged sex predator running in the streets for now.    Yes, R&amp;B singer Robert &quot;R.&quot; Kelly has finally been nabbed by the authorities and charged with a slew...