Music Star-Sex-Perv R. Kelly Whines of "POPULARITY ' in Prison Turn to Fear

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 6 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Recording artist R Kelly is serving a 30-year sentence for his racketeering and sex trafficking conviction. In the last days, the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on claims that prosecutors “stretched” the law in the convictions against him. The justices denied an appeal last month.

Now Kelly wants to be released to home detention claiming that federal authorities are plotting to kill Kelly in prison. A defense motion claims Kelly's former cellmate conspired with prison officials to steal mail between him and his attorneys, and turn it over to prosecutors before his trial. Kelly's attorneys also claimed prison officials recruited a fellow prison inmate to kill Kelly to keep him from exposing the plot.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Lisa Van Allen - victim, testified against R Kelly
Brad Micklin -New Jersey lawyer
Dr. Bethany Marshall- psychoanalyst
Vincent Hill - private investigator, author of "Playbook to a Murder,"
Robyn Walensky - Crime Stories investigative reporter

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.9	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:11.3	R. Kelly.
0:13.5	Okay.
0:14.4	I guess he's jealous.
0:16.1	Sean Combs, Diddy, is getting all the attention.
0:18.7	In the last days, another wrinkle.
0:22.4	Let me say a bizarre wrinkle in the R. Kelly sex trafficking prosecution.
0:29.2	R. Kelly, a renowned R.N.B. singer, multi-millionaire, just can't keep his yap shut, can he? I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank
0:40.9	you for being with us. The I believe I Can Fly hitmaker is behind bars. Yes, he's in the can,
0:48.9	serving a 31-year sentence for child sex abuse crimes.
0:54.9	You heard me right.
0:56.7	Child sex abuse crimes.
1:00.3	He hears about Sean Combs, aka Diddy, getting all the attention, and now he has demanded
1:07.2	that he be set free and wants, quote, house arrest, citing fears for his safety and claims
1:17.4	there is a murder plot orchestrated against him by fellow inmates. Oh, I hate when that happens.
1:26.0	When you get convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse
1:32.3	and sex trafficking, and you get thrown behind bars and the other inmates don't like you.
1:40.3	Wow, I wonder why.
1:43.3	Hmm.
1:46.5	What do we know?
1:50.2	With me right now is a very special guest.
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