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R Kelly YouTube channels removed following sex trafficking conviction. US politics. Live News. R Kelly jury begins deliberations. R Kelly is now not expected to testify at his trial. Witness testifies on R Kelly performing sex acts on underage Aaliyah. Drake producer explains why R Kelly is credited on new album. Live US Crime News. All rights reserved. Kelly went from living a life of superstar luxury to spending more than 20 hours a day in a cramped prison cell awaiting trial and eating packs of Ramen noodles heated up on a tray.

That's been the once high-flying star's reality since he was arrested in July in Chicago by NYPD detectives and Homeland Security officers and indicted by a federal grand jury on federal charges that alleged aggravated criminal sexual abuse; Kelly has denied multiple allegations that he sexually abused a number of women, three of whom were allegedly minors at the time. And that's still the case now, as Kelly remains detained during his New York trial on federal charges of racketeering and the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children that could result in a sentence of 10 years to life in prison.

Kelly has spent time at two federal lock-ups -- the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago and now at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn in the midst of his ongoing sex-trafficking trial in New York. And because more than half of his detention has taken place in the midst of the still-raging COVID pandemic -- which has taken an especially hard toll on prisoners -- experts tell Billboard that Kelly's time in lockup has likely been even more challenging. Leonard withdrew from representing Kelly, 54, in the New York case, but is still slated to be on the singer's defense team for the upcoming Chicago trial, where he faces 13 federal charges, including aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Kelly has spent the majority of his time in the Chicago lock-up, where Leonard says he is only allowed out of his 8x10, two-person cell for a few hours day to check his email, talk to his lawyers, make phone calls, shower and eat, with no access to the rooftop basketball court that is typically available during non-COVID times.

Otherwise, he says, Kelly is restricted to his cell and, like his fellow inmates, subject to the fear of infection from COVID in the kind of conditions that experts have called an " epidemic engine. And though Leonard says Kelly was placed in a segregated unit for a brief period early on for his own protection -- those units are typically reserved for disciplinary reasons -- after another inmate attacked him in April , in general he's been treated "very well" and respected by his fellow prisoners so far.

Neither Kelly's spokesperson nor the attorney for his New York trial returned Billboard 's requests for comment. Share Tweet Email. R Kelly sentence could be decades in prison on racketeering conviction; still faces Chicago trial.

Share: Share Tweet Email. Kelly has been set for August of next year in a federal case that includes child pornography, obstruction of justice and sexual abuse charges. Kelly appeared virtually Wednesday morning with lawyer Steve Greenberg, who will continue representing him in the Chicago case. A trial date for the Chicago case was set for Aug. The case will be back in court for a status hearing in late May. Greenberg also revealed that it's his understanding that Kelly is now bringing in additional lawyers in his New York case.