Update 03/24/2020 4:17pm:

R. Kelly was hit with new criminal charges via a new indictment that included coercion of a minor, transportation of a minor across state lines, and coercion and enticement. Now, the new alleged victims have reportedly submitted a large amount of evidence against Kelly. 

Special agents with the NY Field Office of Homeland Security carried out a search warrant for a storage unit in Elk Grover, Illinois. Prosecutors said they seized “numerous cellular telephones, iPads, computers, videotapes, and media, and is in the process of imaging and reviewing that material for items that are responsive to the search warrant.” Court documents also noted the evidence to be presented by prosecutors includes hotel records, Walgreens records, and text messages between Kelly and the victims.

source: The Blast

Original 03/13/2020 1:46pm:

 

The charges against R. Kelly keep arriving, as the singer was hit with new charges in New York that include crimes against a minor.

Federal prosecutors hit Kelly with an indictment related to two alleged victims. In court documents that surfaced it was noted that one of the victims allegedly had sex with the singer while they were under the age of 18 in 2015. Both of the alleged victims say Kelly exposed them to herpes during their sexual encounters.

The charges against Kelly include coercion, enticement, coercion of a minor, and transportation of a minor across state lines. R. Kelly now has a total of 9 charges against him in New York and 13 charges against him in Illinois.

source: TMZ

Original 02/14/2020 9:00pm:

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that R. Kelly has been hit with a new federal indictment which includes a new alleged victim and new allegations against the disgraced R&B singer. It is important to note, however, that another alleged victim was removed from the new indictment. There was scant information about the new alleged victim but the Sun-Times reports that she "met Kelly in 1997 or 1998 at the age of 14 or 15," and had a sexual relationship with him until 2000. The indictment also states that the victim and four others "engaged in sexual contact and sexual acts," all while under the age of 18. 

Mike Leonard, an attorney of Kelly's working on the case said that the new indictment demonstrates how the government “appears to continue to struggle with its underlying factual theory.”

"They have amended away a victim, changed the time period for counts, and changed the allegedly responsible entities in terms of forfeiture allegations,” Leonard said in a statement. “Moreover, to date, they have failed to even identify to us the victim identified in (the) amended indictment — with a promise they will do so in the future.”

The new indictment means a new arraignment hearing set for a future date. It could also push back the start of his federal trial in Chicago from April to a later date. 

Source: chicago.suntimes.com