R Kelly has music royalties garnished to pay victims of his sex crimes

[hewontgo]

R Kelly has music royalties garnished to pay victims of his sex crimes https://t.co/7E9rPUnWuE
- Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) August 24, 2023
Victims of R Kelly are expected to receive over $500K in music royalty payments as a result of a court order that directed his record label to pay them for his crimes

Comments

[zibbydoo324]

Good. I know this is pretty standard in cases like this but most people don’t always get future earnings to pay their victims. I hope he is always paying them back and essentially works for them the rest of his miserable life.

[theoryofwar]

Agreed. It should be continuous, and not just for his victims, but for all victims.

[zibbydoo324]

I think most people are able to game the system by declaring bankruptcy and being prohibited from re-entering that field (thinking mostly financial crimes) but artists are different. Someone like him will continuously produce revenue so he will always be able to pay.
I know these pieces of shit rarely have consequences so it feels so good knowing one of them will be fucked forever.

[pseudonygma]

Ngl, his lawyer did a great job if this is what they fought for because it put the moral dilemma onto the listeners.

Eg. continue streaming his music so that his victims can get paid (but also keeps him and his music relevant in pop culture) or boycott him (complete career annihilation) and his victims get nothing at all. :s

[mnemo_syne]

There are a LOT of people who don't care about what he did

[zibbydoo324]

At the end of the day, people aren’t cancelled. I doubt he gets any endorsement deals going forward but he was never going to stop generating money.
I’m not sure if I know any artists whose music was officially blacklisted due to them being shit.