NEW: Federal prosecutors in New York have filed a superseding indictment against R. Kelly, charging him with 9 counts that include racketeering and sex trafficking.
On Friday morning, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York filed a superseding indictment against R&B singer R. Kelly. They charged him with nine counts that include racketeering and eight violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits sexual trafficking across state lines.
In this indictment, the prosecutors newly allege that in 2015, Kelly had sex with a girl under the age of 18, and that he gave her herpes without disclosing that he had the disease. In total, the New York federal charges now include six alleged victims, including three girls., federal prosecutors in Illinois also filed a set of superseding charges against the singer, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
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