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Author: BY JULIA JACOBS AND ROBERT CHIARITO - Publish Date: October 21, 2021 at 12:38AM The R&B star was convicted last month in Brooklyn of sex trafficking and racketeering charges after decades of sexual abuse allegations.

Author: BY TROY CLOSSON - Publish Date: September 29, 2021 at 01:15AM The case could represent a turning point for the Me Too movement, which some women felt had not focused much attention on crimes against people of color.

Author: BY TROY CLOSSON - Publish Date: September 28, 2021 at 02:12AM The singer, who for years dominated the world of R&B music, was found guilty of being the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit women and underage girls for sex.

Author: BY ALEXANDRA E. PETRI AND REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN - Publish Date: September 28, 2021 at 01:54AM Prosecutors brought an unusual racketeering charge against Mr. Kelly that allowed them to introduce evidence from across more than 20 years.

Author: BY EMILY PALMER - Publish Date: September 24, 2021 at 12:16AM Ms. Geddes has worked for 15 years in the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn and has deep experience in handling complex racketeering and organized crime prosecutions.

Author: BY REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN - Publish Date: September 23, 2021 at 12:01AM Closing arguments began Wednesday afternoon, and it could be at least another day before the jury begins deliberations.

Author: BY EMILY PALMER - Publish Date: September 22, 2021 at 11:22PM Taking the stand could have been perilous for Mr. Kelly, who lost his composure in a widely viewed interview with Gayle King in 2019.

Author: BY REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN - Publish Date: September 14, 2021 at 11:49PM An indictment unsealed on Tuesday accuses the organization of orchestrating a two-decade scheme to extort a labor union.

Author: BY EMILY PALMER - Publish Date: September 13, 2021 at 11:28PM Several key witnesses against Mr. Kelly, who is on trial in Brooklyn, still appear loyal to the singer — but their accounts appear to corroborate the accusations against him.

Author: BY COLIN MOYNIHAN - Publish Date: September 9, 2021 at 01:02AM Nancy Salzman, the Nxivm “prefect,” left 20 years of “trauma and destruction” in her wake, a judge said on Wednesday.

Author: BY TROY CLOSSON AND EMILY PALMER - Publish Date: August 24, 2021 at 12:06AM The second accuser to testify against the disgraced R&B star said she was 17 when the singer pressured her for sex, as the second week of Mr. Kelly’s trial began.

Author: BY TROY CLOSSON AND EMILY PALMER - Publish Date: August 21, 2021 at 01:24AM Anthony Navarro said he ferried around the singer’s girlfriends but was not allowed to speak to them, as prosecutors appeared to begin building a racketeering case.

Author: BY TROY CLOSSON AND EMILY PALMER - Publish Date: August 19, 2021 at 11:48PM The singer’s lawyers sought to cast the witness, who said Mr. Kelly began abusing her when she was 16, as a disgruntled and jealous fan.

Author: BY COLIN MOYNIHAN - Publish Date: July 29, 2021 at 12:16AM Lauren Salzman, who detailed the group’s inner workings during four days of testimony at Keith Raniere’s trial, was sentenced to probation.

Author: BY TROY CLOSSON - Publish Date: June 10, 2021 at 12:57AM Citing a disagreement with Mr. Kelly’s new counsel, the lawyers asked to be removed just over two months before a trial is set to begin.

Author: BARRY MEIER - Publish Date: March 12, 2019 at 07:00AM Nancy Salzman, who helped found Nxivm, will plead guilty to charges contained in federal racketeering indictment against the organization.