At long last: R. Kelly officially guilty
“Chicago singer and songwriter R. Kelly used his position of fame and influence as a pop superstar to meet girls as young as 15 and have sex with them, according to court records and interviews.” That's the lede of a story that Jim DeRogatis and Abdon M. Pallasch wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times that ran on December 21, 2000. For those averse to math, that's 20 years and 9 months ago. DeRogatis continued reporting this story before and after Robert Kelly stood trial in 2008 on