R. Kelly, an American R&B singer who has been convicted of sex offences twice this year, has been ordered to pay at least $300,000 in restitution to some of his victims, according to a federal judge.
At a hearing in Brooklyn, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly announced that the funds would be used to reimburse Jane and Stephanie for their therapy and herpes treatment costs.
The cost of Stephanie's prescription is reportedly expected to go up once it has been recalculated by the prosecution.
Recall that after a jury found Kelly guilty of racketeering and other offenses, Donnelly sentenced Kelly to 30 years in prison in June.
At his sentencing, Kelly was branded “the pied piper of R&B” as he came face to face with several of his victims who detailed his “deplorable and inexplicable” abuse, which took place over decades.
According to the prosecution, the 55-year-old Kelly used his fame and fortune over the course of more than two decades to entice women and minor girls into his orbit for sex.