r kelly, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has faced decades of claims that he abused women and teenagers, but the accusations gained renewed prominence after a documentary called surviving r kelly aired on us networks, which led to boycotts of mr kelly's music, with activists using the hashtag #muterkelly. and now, these charges, which some have said should have come years ago. kim gittleson, bbc news. in a chicago court room, prosecutors laid out the accusations against the r&b singer r kelly, who turned himself in on friday. they painted a dark portrait of a superstar who manipulated young women into sexual relationships, enabled by a coterie of accomplices. in 2001, a witness had conversations with robert kelly and robert kelly's associates, where the witness was asked to retrieve video tapes showing robert kelly having sexual intercourse with the victim in this case when she was only 14 years old. r kelly, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has faced decades of claims that he abused women and teenagers, but the accusations gained renewed prominence after a docum

kelly, robert sylvester kelly, in the bond hearing, which means there should be or there is likely conversations going back and forth between him or him and his attorney and somebody from the state's attorney's officers as they are trying to figure out whether or not he will turn himself in or whether or not he will be arrested. i want to read a little bit of what we have gotten from the state's attorney's office here. just to be able to digest all that we have learned. if you don't mind. so she talked about the first victim, she gave the initials of the first victim. and what's interesting here are the dates. so this she says occurred between 1998 and 1999, and that was a year that she has listed there, may '98 to may '99. she talked about a sexual abuse victim under the age of 17 and that robert kelly was more than five years older than the victim. that could, we do not know, that could well be referring to the girl that we saw on the videotape that was handed over to the prosecution a week ago. i will also read you the next one which was from september 1998 to 2001. think about the length of

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the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. at one point he was the biggest name in r&b, but here r kelly is being is escorted by security as he handed himself into chicago police. # i believe i can fly... he has had massive crossover hits globally, through it all allegations and rumours of sexual abuse against underage girls were never far away. and in 2008 he went to trial on charges of child pornography, after a tape surfaced allegedly showed him having sex with a 13—year—old. but he was acquitted when the jury decided the tape wasn't clear enough. some women were paid not to talk and others started to come forward to say what had gone on. i did realise that he had a problem and i couldn't fix it. now prosecutors feel they have enough evidence to press charges relating to four victims. earlier today, robert kelly was indicted before a cook county grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. it appears a recent tv series speaking to alleged victims gave others the confidence to

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. i'm joined now via webcam by documentary ben zand. he has made a documentary on bbc three about r kelly called "r kelly: sex, girls, and video tapes". thank you for being with us, this has been a story long in the development. can you give us the background to this, where have the claims first surfaced ? background to this, where have the claims first surfaced? it has been decades of claims. it started really when he was thought to have married a 15—year—old singer when he was 27. there have been numerous allegations around him but he is only been charged once before and this is significant. he has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, not be based around for allegedly picked, three who i thought to be between 13 to 16. 13 a lot of who i thought to be between 13 to 16.13 a lot of rumours and allegations for a time and this is the second time he has been taken to court and could actually face jail time so it is a big moment. fo

kelly, his name is robert sylvester kelly. that is r. kelly, the r&b singer that everyone around the world knows of. she is going to be having a press conference later this afternoon. we are still waiting to find out exactly what those charges are. wean that they have something to do with the grand jury that had been convened. we learned and reported that that grand jury had been convened last week. and it has been going on since then. there have been days of this. there have been people, according to our sources, who have been coming in and out of the grand jury, witnesses have been coming in and out of that grand jury. we know that one of the witnesses we believe is someone who has been called a whistleblower who has information on r. kelly and the workings of the group around r. kelly. there are accusations about a new tape that we learned of and reported on last week. that new tape handed over by attorney michael avenatti who says on that tape there is indeed a 14-year-old girl or a minor who is involved in sex acts with r

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. monika plaha reports. at one point he was the biggest name in r&b, but here r kelly is being is courted by security as he had himself into chicago police. # i believe i can fly... he has had massive crossover hits globally, through it all allegations and rumours of sexual abuse against underage girls were never far away. and in 2008 he went to trial on charges of child pornography, after a tape surfaced allegedly showed him having sex with a 13—year—old. but he was acquitted when the jury decided the tape wasn't clear enough. some women were paid not to talk and others started to come forward to say what had gone on. talk and others started to come forward to say what had gone onlj did realise that he had a problem andi did realise that he had a problem and i couldn't fix it. now prosecutors feel they have enough evidence to press charges relating to four victims. earlier today robert kelly was indicted before ray cook county grand jury on ten counts of

his real name is robert sylvester kelly pete has been in police custody since turning himself in last night. prosecutors say that kelly abused four women. three of whom were minors between 1998 and 2010. kelly 's lawyer accuses the women of lying. >> right now he is presumed innocent. we have not seen anything, any reason to believe that these allegations are credible. arthel: matt finn is following this live from the courthouse in chicago. reporter: r. kelly needs to post just 10 percent of the million dollar bond but his attorney says, the singer is so broken he does not have $100,000 to get himself out of jail. so right now, we are having a standby to see if he can find himself out of jail. as part of the bond he must also submit his passport, stay away from witnesses in the case and also anyone under the age of 18. celebrity attorney michael avenatti who represent the stormy daniels claims, his rep sending at least one of the girls in the case. he says that he submitted the video to prosecutor that depicts robert kelly engage in a sexual act with a 14-year-old girl. today the stat