evidence: Robert Sylvester Kelly, the R&B singer also known as "R. Kelly," was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of all nine counts of a superseding indictment charging him with racketeering predicated on criminal conduct including sexual exploitation of children, forced labor and Mann Act violations involving the coercion and transportation of women and girls in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual activity. The verdict followed six weeks of trial before United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly. [...] "Today’s guilty verdict forever brands R. Kelly as a predator, who used his fame and fortune to prey on the young, the vulnerable, and the voiceless for his own sexual gratification," stated Acting U.S. Attorney Kasulis. "A predator who used his inner circle to ensnare underage teenage girls, and young women and men, for decades, in a sordid web of sex abuse, exploitation and degradation. To the victims in this case, your voices were heard, and justice was finally served. We hope that today’s verdict brings some measure of comfort and closure to the victims." Ms. Kasulis also thanked the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for their assistance with the case. [...] ROBERT SYLVESTER KELLY (also known as "R. Kelly")