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Claim: Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game (Facebook post, 2020-06-12)
Evidence (2024-09-04): Racism? ABC News (June 25, 2020) - Gone with the Wind has returned to HBO unaltered. But viewers will hear about its racist stereotyping before they watch it The Guardian (June 25, 2020) - Food brands are phasing out racist mascots. Will sports teams follow? USA Today (June 25, 2020) - Fact check: Racist carnival game featured in 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure Battle Creek Enquirer (June 24, 2020) - 'Aunt Jemima' was given key to Albion in 1964. The character, based on a stereotype, is being retired. TODAY (June 24, 2020) - Here's how American brands are changing after facing racial reckoning New York Post (June 23, 2020) - Restaurant changes name from Savage citing ‘troubled history’ with term Fox News (June 22, 2020) - Restaurant changes name from Savage, cites 'troubled history' with term Politifact (June 22, 2020) - Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game [...] Vice News (March 23, 2018) - A Michigan college basement is home to the nation's biggest collection of racist objects Snopes (February 26, 2018) - Was a Violently Racist Carnival Game Once Popular in America? Traverse City Record Eagle (February 26, 2018) - Minstrel shows continued into the 70s, 60s mainstay
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-07-01): R. Kelly is still incarcerated, serving a 30-year prison sentence.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2022-07-02): R&B Singer R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison following a conviction in federal court last year on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. [...] Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York who announced R Kelly’s 30-year-prison term on Wednesday along with Steve K. Francis, Acting Executive Associate Director, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said that the singer "used his fame, fortune and enablers to prey on the young." [...] R&B singer R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on sex trafficking and racketteering convictions.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2022-06-30): R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking women and girls Former R&B star R Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his fame to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. [...] Kelly's lawyers had argued he should get no more than 10 years in prison because he had a traumatic childhood "involving severe, prolonged childhood sexual abuse, poverty, and violence".
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2021-09-27): Robert Sylvester Kelly, the R&B singer also known as "R. Kelly," was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all nine counts of a superseding indictment charging him with racketeering predicated on criminal conduct including sexual exploitation of children, forced labor and Mann Act violations involving the coercion and transportation of women and girls in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual activity. The verdict followed six weeks of trial before United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly. [...] "Today’s guilty verdict forever brands R. Kelly as a predator, who used his fame and fortune to prey on the young, the vulnerable, and the voiceless for his own sexual gratification," stated Acting U.S. Attorney Kasulis. "A predator who used his inner circle to ensnare underage teenage girls, and young women and men, for decades, in a sordid web of sex abuse, exploitation and degradation. To the victims in this case, your voices were heard, and justice was finally served. We hope that today’s verdict brings some measure of comfort and closure to the victims." Ms. Kasulis also thanked the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for their assistance with the case. [...] ROBERT SYLVESTER KELLY (also known as "R. Kelly")
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-04-26): The decision follows arguments in February that mostly revolved around the length of Kelly’s prison sentence — and whether U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber went too far by handing Kelly 20 years. [...] Kelly, 57, is being held in a medium-security prison in North Carolina, records show. He is not due to be released until December 2045. Federal guidelines called for a sentence of up to 14 years in Kelly’s Chicago case. But judges are not bound by those guidelines, and Leinenweber exceeded them by six years.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-02-23): R. Kelly gets one additional year in prison for Chicago conviction CHICAGO (CBS) -- A judge sentenced disgraced singer and Chicago native R. Kelly on Thursday to one additional year in prison for his Chicago conviction federal child pornography and child enticement charges, on top of the 30 years he's already serving for a separate conviction out of New York. [...] Prosecutors want the judge to add another 25 years on top of R. Kelly's current federal prison term. That would make his total time in prison 55 years, meaning he would be nearly 100 years old before he would be eligible to be released.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-05-22): Former R&B singer R Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, continues to serve a 30-year sentence in a federal facility. Kelly’s sentence stems from a September 2021 sex trafficking conviction in New York, per CNN. According to BBC, a Brooklyn jury had found him guilty of eight counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering. Reuters reported that his sex trafficking crimes violated the Mann Act. The act prohibits transporting people across state lines for prostitution. [...] According to the federal prison records and CNN, R Kelly is now incarcerated in North Carolina’s FCI Butner Medium I. His transfer to the "medium security federal correctional institution" occurred in April 2023, following the second conviction. According to the outlet, the same federal facility once housed Bernie Madoff, who masterminded the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. The records show that Kelly’s possible release date is December 21, 2045. [...] According to AP News, R Kelly’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, stated they will "pursue all of his appellate remedies until we free R Kelly." Bonjean’s statement claimed they now intend to reach the U.S. Supreme Court and request a review. She also expressed her disappointment in the federal appeals court’s ruling, adding, "Our fight is far from over." Moreover, Kelly has appealed his 2021 New York conviction.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-02-23): Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday following his conviction last year on charges of child pornography and enticement of a minor, his second such lengthy sentencing in the past year. Kelly, 56, is already serving a 30-year prison term for his 2021 conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in a New York federal court. [...] At the time of the Chicago federal trial, Kelly had already been convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in a New York federal trial.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-03-19): Singer R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term [...] She said it wasn’t fair that prosecutors charged Kelly, 57, with leading a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) enterprise from 1994 to 2018 compromised of individuals who promoted his music and recruited women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity and to produce child pornography. [...] Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, is known for work including the 1996 hit "I Believe I Can Fly" and the cult classic "Trapped in the Closet," a multipart tale of sexual betrayal and intrigue.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-04-25): Disgraced R&B singer and convicted sex trafficker R. Kelly has been transferred to a federal prison in North Carolina. R. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was moved to FCI Butner Medium I, a "medium security federal correctional institution," according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. [...] R. Kelly was previously being held in Chicago, where he was sentenced in February to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted on three counts of production of child pornography and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2022-06-29): US singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his celebrity status to sexually abuse children and women. [...] Federal prosecutors had recommended that Kelly be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison, given the seriousness of his crimes and "the need to protect the public from further crimes". [...] Kelly has been in custody since he was indicted by federal prosecutors in New York and Chicago in July 2019.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-02-23): R. Kelly gets extra prison time after latest sex abuse conviction Disgraced singer R. Kelly must spend an extra year in prison on top of a 30-year sentence he is already serving. Kelly was jailed in June 2022 for three decades for sex trafficking and racketeering after a trial in New York.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-04-26): Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly ‘s challenge of 20-year sentence CHICAGO (AP) — The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. [...] Prosecutors in Kelly’s hometown of Chicago had sought an even tougher sentence, asking for 25 years. They also wanted a judge to not let that time begin until after Kelly completed a 30-year sentence imposed in 2022 in New York for federal racketeering and sex trafficking convictions.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2022-06-29): Earlier today, Robert Sylvester Kelly, the R&B singer also known as "R. Kelly," was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 30 years in prison. On September 27, 2021, following six weeks of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Kelly of all nine counts of a superseding indictment charging him with racketeering predicated on criminal conduct including sexual exploitation of children, forced labor and Mann Act violations involving the coercion and transportation of women and girls in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual activity. [...] "R. Kelly used his fame, fortune and enablers to prey on the young, the vulnerable and the voiceless for his own sexual gratification, while many turned a blind eye," stated U.S. Attorney Peace. "Through his actions, Kelly exhibited a callous disregard for the devastation his crimes had on his victims and has shown no remorse for his conduct. With today’s sentence he has finally and appropriately been held accountable for his decades of abuse, exploitation and degradation of teenagers and other vulnerable young people. We hope that today’s sentence brings some measure of comfort and closure to the victims, including those who bravely testified at trial, and serves as long-overdue recognition that their voices deserve to be heard and their lives matter." [...] ROBERT SYLVESTER KELLY (also known as "R. Kelly")
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2022-06-29): Singer R. Kelly could face decades in prison when he is sentenced later on Wednesday, nine months after being found guilty of running a scheme to sexually abuse women and children. [...] Prosecutors said R. Kelly - whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - showed a "callous disregard" for his victims and no remorse. [...] Kelly was indicted by federal prosecutors in New York and Chicago in July 2019.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-04-26): The singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sexual abuse convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. [...] In a written statement, Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean said they plan to seek US supreme court review of the decision and "pursue all of his appellate remedies until we free R Kelly". [...] Prosecutors in Kelly’s home town of Chicago had sought an even tougher sentence, asking for 25 years. They also wanted a judge to not let that time begin until after Kelly completed a 30-year sentence imposed in 2022 in New York for federal racketeering and sex-trafficking convictions.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-07-01): A July 1 Instagram post declares that singer R. Kelly "is out" despite a 30-year prison sentence handed down in 2022 after he was convicted in New York of federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. [...] Chicago Tribune, R. Kelly back in Chicago’s federal jail ahead of trial next month, July 13, 2022 [...] ABC News, R. Kelly released from jail after arrest for outstanding child support payments, March 9, 2019
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-02-23): A federal judge on Thursday handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex but said he will serve nearly all of the sentence simultaneously with a 30-year sentence imposed last year on racketeering charges. [...] Prosecutors had acknowledged that a lengthy term served only after the New York sentence could have erased any chance of Kelly ever getting out of prison alive. It's what they asked for, arguing his crimes against children and lack of remorse justified it. With Thursday's sentence, though, Kelly will serve no more than 31 years. That means he will be eligible for release at around age 80, providing him some hope of one day leaving prison alive.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2021-10-20): CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago trial date for singer R. Kelly has been set for August of next year in a federal case that includes child pornography, obstruction of justice and sexual abuse charges. [...] R. Kelly's request to be released from jail due to coronavirus pandemic denied by judge R Kelly news: R&B singer moves from Chicago jail to Brooklyn detention center ahead of trial
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-01-31): Prosecutors in Illinois’ Cook County have dropped state sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly, who has already been convicted of federal charges set to keep him in prison for decades. [...] In his federal case in New York, the disgraced R&B singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he was convicted in 2021 on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. In federal court in Chicago, Kelly was convicted of multiple child pornography charges and acquitted on others in 2022, after a trial that included anonymous testimony from a woman who said Kelly sexually abused her and recorded the interactions when she was as young as 14.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2024-07-30): R. Kelly, the R&B singer convicted in 2022 of sexually abusing his 14-year-old goddaughter and other minors in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is asking the Supreme Court to take another look at his case. [...] The disgraced singer was previously sentenced to 30 years in prison following his convictions in a separate federal case in New York. Last year, a judge sentenced Kelly to 20 years in prison following his Chicago convictions, but 19 of those years are set to be served concurrently with his existing New York sentence. [...] Kelly is currently being held at a medium security prison in North Carolina. His scheduled release date is Dec. 21, 2045.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2022-06-29): Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday following his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges stemming from his efforts over years to use his fame to ensnare victims he sexually abused. [...] Kelly is being held at a federal detention facility in Brooklyn and is expected to be moved back to Chicago, where he faces another federal trial in August on child pornography and obstruction charges. Bonjean will ask for Kelly to continue to be held at the Brooklyn federal detention center as her team prepares for his upcoming trial, she told CNN on Thursday, adding she is based in New York. CNN has sought comment from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, the Bureau of Prisons and US Marshals, who would be tasked with moving Kelly.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-02-24): R. Kelly sentenced to 20 years following HSI Chicago investigation CHICAGO — Recording artist Robert Sylvester Kelly, also known as R. Kelly, was sentenced by United States District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber to 20 years in federal prison, 19 of them concurrent with the 30-year sentence previously imposed in the Eastern District of New York Feb. 23. On Sept. 14, after a four-week trial, a federal jury in Chicago convicted Kelly of three counts of producing child pornography and three counts of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. The trial revealed that Kelly enticed multiple underage girls to engage in sexual activity and that he continued to abuse his victims for years, at times recording some of the abuse. Kelly met his victims in the late 1990s and engaged in sex acts with them when they were as young as 14, 15 and 16 years old. On multiple occasions over several years, Kelly covered up his abuse and silenced his victims.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2019-07-12): Chicago recording artist 'R. Kelly' indicted and arrested on federal child pornography, obstruction charges CHICAGO — Recording artist Robert Sylvester Kelly, also known as "R. Kelly," was arrested Thursday following his indictment on federal child pornography and obstruction charges. [...] Kelly, 52, of Chicago, was arrested the night of July 11.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-02-17): By — Michael Tarm, Associated Press Michael Tarm, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/federal-prosecutors-request-25-more-years-in-prison-for-r-kelly Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Federal prosecutors request 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly Arts Feb 17, 2023 10:42 AM EDT CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday asked a judge to give singer R. Kelly 25 more years in prison for his child pornography and enticement convictions last year in Chicago, which would add to 30 years he recently began serving in a New York case. The 56-year-old wouldn’t be eligible for release until he was around 100 if the judge agrees both to the 25-year sentence and another government request that Kelly begin serving his Chicago sentence only after the 30-year New York sentence is fully served. In their sentencing recommendation filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, prosecutors described Kelly’s behavior as "sadistic," calling him "a serial sexual predator" with no remorse and who "poses a serious danger to society."
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-02-23): Robert Kelly Sentenced to 20 Years [...] CHICAGO — Recording artist ROBERT SYLVESTER KELLY, also known as "R. Kelly," was sentenced earlier today by United States District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber to 20 years in federal prison, with one year to run consecutive to the 30-year sentence previously imposed in the Eastern District of New York. [...] "Robert Kelly used his power and fame for evil when he exploited children for his own gratification," said Sean Fitzgerald, special agent in charge of HSI Chicago. "We are confident that Kelly’s sentence will empower victims who are facing similar circumstances to come forward knowing they will be supported. HSI, alongside its partners from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Chicago Police Department, and IRS Criminal Investigation, will do everything in our power to ensure perpetrators like Kelly face justice."
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2023-04-24): CHICAGO (CBS) -- R. Kelly has been moved to a prison in North Carolina to serve his sentences prison sentence of more than 30 years. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Kelly – whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – was moved on Wednesday of last week from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago to the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina. [...] Kelly, 56, could be eligible for release from prison when he's a little over 79 years old.
Claim: “R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.” (Instagram posts, 2024-07-01)
Evidence (2021-06-11): Despite what is being shared on social media, Kelly has not been released from jail. Records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons show Kelly is in custody awaiting trial. [...] The claim that Kelly was released from jail is FALSE, based on our research. The image being used to make the claim is from March 2019, when he was released from jail after child support payments owed to his ex-wife were paid. Prison records show Kelly is still in custody at Chicago's Metropolitan Correctional Center. - United States Department of Justice, July 12, 2019, Recording Artist R. Kelly Arrested on Federal Child Pornography and Obstruction Charges - Associated Press Images, March 9, 2019, APTOPIX R KELLY CHICAGO - CBS Chicago, March 9, 2019, R. Kelly Released From Cook County After Arrest For Failing To Pay Child Support - ABC 7 Chicago, June 8, R. Kelly's lawyers request to withdraw from NY racketeering trail; others say they were fired - Federal Bureau of Prisons, accessed June 9, Find an inmate - Associated Press, April 15, Judge allows R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial after several delays - PolitiFact, June 4, An old photo of R. Kelly leaving jail is being shared online but the singer is still in custody