R. Kelly is facing more charges after Brooklyn prosecutors are accusing him of raping an underage girl and knowingly exposing her and another woman to STD.
The indictment was filed on Friday morning in Brooklyn Federal Court.
The woman, identified as Jane Doe, says she ended her relationship with Kelly in 2018 after she learned that she had herpes. The two originally met when she was 19 at one of his concerts.
According to Complex, he is also being accused of videotaping having sex with the girl. The new charges include coercion and enticement, coercion of a minor, and transportation of a minor across state lines. Coercion and enticement carries a minimum 10-year sentence.
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Kelly’s lawyer Douglas Anton denies that there is “zero evidence” that his client knew he had herpes.
He said: “Truth is, medically, anyone who knows will tell you, including the experts we intend to retain, that the first lesson of herpes transmission is that there is pretty much no way to know who gave who herpes,”
He is also facing obstruction of justice, racketeering, and child pornography charges.
He is currently being held in an Illinois federal prison as he awaits his trial on child sex charges.