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"This is a significant outcome for all victims of R. Kelly and especially for the survivors who so bravely testified about the horrific and sadistic abuse they endured," says Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, after the former R&B singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes. SOUNDBITE
Attorney's for singer R. Kelly filed a motion in court today claiming there is video that shows Kelly being assaulted. The attorneys claim the video shows no one at the jail, "raised a finger" until an inmate was "well into beating Kelly". According to CNN, Kelly was assaulted in late August at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. A Bureau of Prisons report says a prison employee ordered the attacker to stop and deployed pepper spray. Kelly's attorneys claim the video shows the attacker "roamed a great distance" before carrying out the attack. Kelly was indicted on federal charges in Illinois for child pornography, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
R. Kelly has had his request to be bailed amidst the coronavirus pandemic denied.
R. Kelly has claimed he is battling health problems whilst in jail, and is looking to be released so he can be treated in hospital.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the National Electoral Council in Caracas to formally registers as a candidate in the country's 2024 presidential elections. IMAGES