
A look at the women who brought R. Kelly to justice
CNN
Behind the downfall of R. Kelly stand dozens of women who helped bring attention to his crimes and those who helped prosecute him.
The three-time Grammy Award winning R&B singer is now facing decades in prison after he was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Sept. 27. Kelly's attorney, Deveraux Cannick, told CNN he was "disappointed" by the verdict and that Kelly's team would consider filing an appeal.
For nearly five weeks before his conviction, jurors heard testimony from people who were in Kelly's inner circle at different points in the singer's 30-year career. Some former associates testified that Kelly directed them to hand out slips of paper with his phone numbers on them to women at shows or that they ran into at public outings. And several women testified that receiving those slips of paper was how they were able to get in touch with the singer and were slowly lured into his world.