An Illinois judge who issued a default judgment against R. Kelly in a sex abuse lawsuit has withdrawn her ruling, allowing him another chance to challenge the suit in court. On Wednesday, Cook County Judge Moira Johnson reinstated the civil lawsuit against Kelly, 52, after his new lawyers, Raed Shalabi and Zaid Abdallah, claimed the …
A Tennessee man was arrested this week after his wife reportedly discovered a video showing him raping her 5-year-old son, who is his stepson. According to WSMV, the boy’s mother called police on Sunday, claiming she found footage from March 22 which appeared to depict her husband, John Calvillo, 20, committing sex acts on her …
Nancy Grace investigates the latest developments
A Canadian man facing child pornography charges for allegedly buying a child-sized sex doll claimed he bought it to replace his infant son who died in 1986. Per the Canadian Press, a court heard closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of Kenneth Harrisson, 54. Harrison was charged in 2013 after he reportedly ordered “Carol” from …
Federal authorities are reportedly searching for additional sex tapes depicting R. Kelly with underage girls as they investigate him for three different crimes, including sex trafficking. Sources told TMZ that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois is also interviewing people close to Kelly, 52. The tabloid noted that the investigation in …
A total of 82 individuals were arrested across eight states in the southeast U.S. as part of what authorities are calling Operation Southern Impact III. According to 11 Alive, 17 children were also found during an investigation that concluded recently after four months. Much of the attention focused on Georgia, where 31 of the suspects …
R. Kelly failed to appear for court proceedings in a sex abuse lawsuit because he can’t read, according to the singer’s new legal team. Days after an Illinois judge issued a default judgment against Kelly, 52, for failing to respond to the lawsuit, his lawyers asked the courts to reverse the ruling. Kelly was served …
The father of a former Sarah Lawrence student is accused of recruiting college students into a controlling, sex-fueled cult, and and forcing them pay him back thousands of dollars in “damage” to his property — leading one student to consider suicide if he could not come up with the money. New York Magazine published an …
An Alabama man is accused of raping a 5-year-old girl, who was subsequently hospitalized and underwent surgery following the attack. Montgomery Adviser reports that 28-year-old Steven Sarandon Barnes was captured over the weekend and charged with first-degree rape and chemical endangerment of a child. According to Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson, Barnes is accused of …
Attorneys for R. Kelly are trying to overturn a default judgment in favor of a woman who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Chicago judge ruled against Kelly in a lawsuit brought by Heather Williams, one of the four alleged victims named in Kelly’s criminal …
A Georgia man who sexually abused a North Carolina girl and held her captive for more than a year will not spend a day in prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Michael Wysolovski, 33, was sentenced to 10 years, with eight months of that time to be spent in jail and the remainder to be spent …
Police in Pakistan have identified three suspects who they believe abducted and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy who is visiting the country from the United States. DAWN reported that the victim is a Pakistani-American dual national who came to Pakistan a year-and-a-half ago to study. The main suspect is reportedly a 12th-grade student who attends the …
