R. Kelly, Universal Music Group To Pay $507K For Victims

Web Desk — Universal Music Group has been ordered by a New York court to cover R. Kelly’s outstanding restitution bill. The money will be paid to Kelly’s victims.

Currently, R. Kelly is serving 30 years for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking convictions in New York. In July 2022, he was given a bill of over $520,000 plus interest to be paid to his victims.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly filed an order of garnishment to R. Kelly and Universal Music Group to pay nearly $507,000 to the court in payments being held by the label, according to the US media reports. The payment is the remaining balance of his restitution bill as of Aug. 15.

According to the documents obtained by the US media, Universal Music Group has 10 days from the receipt of the order of garnishment to pay R. Kelly’s debt.

The government has withdrawn a collection of payment against Sony Music Entertainment because the “Ignition” singer’s royalties with Universal amount to over $567,0000, which is enough to pay his outstanding bill, documents have revealed.

In September 2021, R. Kelly was found guilty of nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering and sentenced in June 2022. He was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine at the time of sentencing.

The court sentenced R. Kelly to 20 years in the child porn case, but total prison time only extended by 1 year

On another set of sex crimes, the disgraced singer was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The crimes included several child pornography charges, in Chicago in February.

Only one year gets added to the end of his previous 30-year sentence as the court decided 19 of those years would be served concurrently with his existing punishment.

In September, Kelly was found guilty of three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement but was acquitted of a fourth pornography count. There was also a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him of fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.