Universal purchased to garnish R. Kelly royalties to pay victims

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A New York judge has actually ruled that Universal Music Publishing Group need to pay the royalties of disgraced vocalist R. Kelly to pay the victims he sexually abused.

Universal Music Publishing Group should pay the royalties of founded guilty sex transgressor and disgraced vocalist R. Kelly to the victims he sexually abused, according to a New York judge in court files submitted on Wednesday– the royalties total up to over half a million dollars, garnished from the Chicago local’s revenues.

In June, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York submitted movements asking a judge to purchase Sony and Universal Music Publishing Group to turn over any cash made from R. Kelly’s music brochure. The filing dated June 1 exposes that the Eastern District of New York looked for to utilize the garnished funds to pay exceptional charges and restitution ($140,900 and $379,649.90, respectively) to 2 abuse victims following the court granting them majority a million dollars.

The garnishment order submitted by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly on Wednesday, August 23, reveals an exceptional balance of $507,234.05. While that figure will change due to interest, district attorneys state that Universal Music Group holds a minimum of $567,444.19 in appropriate accumulated funds. Because the funds consisted of by UMG cover the whole expense of restitution, the United States Attorney’s Office will withdraw their Writ of Garnishment versus Sony, the prosecution included.

According to the files, Universal Music Publishing Group has 10 days from the invoice of the garnishment order to pay R. Kelly’s financial obligation.

Kelly is serving 31 years in jail for racketeering and sex trafficking charges following different convictions in New York and Chicago. He was founded guilty of 9 counts of sex trafficking and racketeering in September 2021 and sentenced in June 2022. He was likewise purchased to pay a $100,000 fine throughout sentencing.

In February, Kelly was sentenced to 20 years for a different set of sex criminal offenses in Chicago, consisting of kid porn charges. United States District Judge Harry Leinenweber ruled that 19 years would be served simultaneously with his existing jail time, including just a year to his previous 30-year sentence.