R. Kelly’s Lawyers Attacked His Accusers. It Backfired.

Legal experts said Mr. Kelly’s defense team focused on undermining the credibility of his many accusers — a strategy doomed to fail as attitudes about sexual abuse shift.

How the Black Women Around R. Kelly’s Case Feel About His Conviction

The case could represent a turning point for the #MeToo movement, which some felt had centered on crimes against white women.

R. Kelly Is Convicted of All Counts After Decades of Accusations of Abuse

The singer, who for years dominated the world of R&B music, was found guilty of being the ringleader of a decades-long scheme to recruit women and underage girls for sex.

R. Kelly’s Defense Casts Accusers as Liars and Fame-Seekers

In his closing argument, a lawyer for Mr. Kelly compared the case to the struggle for civil rights and urged jurors to “courageously” acquit the singer.

R. Kelly’s Trial Is Captivating a Black Audience Online. Here’s Why.

On the internet, both supporters and detractors of the singer have shown intense interest in the criminal trial in Brooklyn.

R. Kelly’s Trial Is Captivating a Black Audience Online. Here’s Why.

On the internet, both supporters and detractors of the singer have shown intense interest in the criminal trial in Brooklyn.

R. Kelly Trial Nears End, as Prosecutors Paint Portrait of a Predator

During the first day of closing arguments in Brooklyn, a prosecutor sought to knit together the government’s sprawling racketeering case.

R. Kelly’s Defense Opens as Singer’s Trial Nears Its End

A former Chicago police officer said he had never seen Mr. Kelly with underage girls, but added that he “wasn’t checking IDs at the studio.”

They Worked for R. Kelly. This Is What They Saw.

Several key witnesses against Mr. Kelly, who is on trial in Brooklyn, still appear loyal to the singer — but their accounts appear to corroborate the accusations against him.

R. Kelly Pressed Victims to Write Letters Absolving Him, Prosecutors Say

Many of Mr. Kelly’s accusers say he pressured them to write letters that said he was innocent of the sexual abuse that they now say he committed.

Colombo Family Crime Boss and 12 Others Are Arrested, Prosecutors Say

An indictment unsealed on Tuesday accuses the organization of orchestrating a two-decade scheme to extort a labor union.

R. Kelly Sexually Abused Aaliyah When She Was 13 or 14, Witness Says

The witness, a former backup performer, said she walked in on the singers as they were engaged in a sex act around 1993, one year before they were illegally married.

R. Kelly Sexually Abused Aaliyah When She Was 13 or 14, Witness Says

The witness, a former backup performer, said she walked in on the singers as they were engaged in a sex act around 1993, one year before they were illegally married.

Woman Describes Life Inside R. Kelly’s Orbit of Live-in Girlfriends

The second woman to testify on Thursday said Mr. Kelly was violent and possessive, following a witness who described being raped by the singer.

Sex Cult Leader’s Top Deputy Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison

Nancy Salzman, the Nxivm “prefect,” left 20 years of “trauma and destruction” in her wake, a judge said on Wednesday.

Nxivm’s Second-in-Command Helped Build a Culture of Abuse, Survivors Say

As Nancy Salzman awaits sentencing, some who fell prey to the Nxivm cultlike group say Ms. Salzman’s enabling made the group’s misdeeds possible.

Minister Who Married R. Kelly and Aaliyah Describes Illegal Wedding

The 1994 ceremony in a hotel room lasted 10 minutes, the minister, speaking publicly for the first time, said during Mr. Kelly’s trial on Wednesday.

R. Kelly Got Angry if Women Broke His Rules, Ex-Assistant Says

Five accusers — four women and one man — have now testified that the singer had sexual contact with them when they were underage, including a woman who described being raped.

R. Kelly’s First Male Accuser Says the Singer Promised Fame for Sex

On the eighth day of Mr. Kelly’s trial, a man and woman both testified that they were underage when they met the singer; the woman, now 44, described being raped.

In R. Kelly Trial, the Verdict May Hinge on a Circle of Enablers

Accusations of sexual misconduct have long followed the R&B star. But central to the charges against Mr. Kelly are the people who prosecutors say made a pattern of abuse possible.