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Extended: Jane Doe in R. Kelly trial speaks

Reshona Landfair, who testified as Jane Doe at R. Kelly's 2022 federal trial, speaks to Jericka Duncan in her first TV interview about her new memoir, "Who's Watching Shorty?". Kelly is now behind bars after being convicted of racketeering and sex crimes in two separate federal trials in 2021 and 2022. But Kelly's legal troubles started long before that, including when a tape that he had filmed performing sex acts on a 14-year-old girl — now identified as Landfair — leaked in 2001.

• Feb 3
• 26:21

Jane Doe in R. Kelly's sex tape speaks out

Singer R. Kelly was convicted of racketeering and sex crimes in two separate federal trials in 2021 and 2022. But Kelly's legal troubles started many years before that, including when a tape that he had filmed performing sex acts on a 14-year-old girl leaked in 2001. That girl is now identified as Reshona Landfair. She was known as Jane Doe during one of Kelly's trials. Now, Landfair is speaking out in her first TV interview about her new memoir. Jericka Duncan reports.

• 11H ago
• 05:58

Jane Doe in R. Kelly case speaks out

Reshona Landfair, who testified as Jane Doe in R. Kelly's 2022 federal trial in Chicago, tells CBS News' Jerick Duncan that the release of the 2019 docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly" was a pivotal moment in her life. Duncan joins CBS News 24/7 Mornings with more.

• Feb 3
• 07:12

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Jane Doe in R. Kelly's sex tape speaks in first TV interview

Reshona Landfair, known as Jane Doe during R. Kelly's 2022 trial, speaks to "CBS Mornings" for her first TV interview about her new memoir.

• Feb 3

R. Kelly target of murder plot, lawyers claim

Lawyers for R. Kelly allege prison officials are trying to kill him after the singer was rushed to a hospital last week for an overdose of medication given to him by prison staff. Prosecutors say the allegations have no merit. The R&B star is serving a 50-year term for convictions that include charges of child pornography, sex trafficking and racketeering. CBS News' Jericka Duncan has more.

• Jun 18, 2025
• 03:32

R. Kelly hospitalized for overdose, claims murder plot in prison, lawyer says

Prison staff gave R. Kelly "an amount of medicine that could have killed him," his lawyer alleged in a federal court filing.

• Jun 17, 2025

R. Kelly "needs to go to jail": Faith Rodgers

Faith Rodgers has accused disgraced R&B star R. Kelly of recording them having sex without her consent and knowingly giving her an STD. Rogers, whose lawsuit against Kelly is pending, appears in the documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly." She and her parents, Kelly Rodgers and Pastor Charles Rodgers, join "CBS This Morning" to discuss the documentary and how coming forward with the accusations has changed their lives.

• Jan 2, 2020
• 05:59

R. Kelly accusers tell their stories

The second installment of a documentary series about disgraced R&B star R. Kelly premieres Thursday night on Lifetime. In "Surviving R. Kelly Part Two: The Reckoning," we hear from accuser Dominique Gardner. She appeared in the first Lifetime documentary, seen by nearly 30 million people. Now Gardner is sharing her story for the first time on camera. R. Kelly faces sex crime charges in New York and Illinois. He pleaded not guilty and is in federal custody awaiting trial. Jericka Duncan reports.

• Jan 2, 2020
• 03:12

R. Kelly girlfriend denies posting abuse claim

One of R. Kelly's live-in girlfriends is now denying she called him a “monster” online. In a new video, Joycelyn Savage says she didn't write posts to the crowdfunding site Patreon describing Kelly as "controlling" and "abusive." Those post have since been removed. Jericka Duncan reports.

• Dec 5, 2019
• 04:08

R. Kelly's live-in girlfriend changing story?

R. Kelly's live-in girlfriend, who defended him amid sexual misconduct allegations, is now apparently calling him a "monster" and saying she's also a victim-turned-survivor. On the crowd funding website Patreon, a woman claiming to be Joycelyn Savage described the singer as "controlling" and "abusive." Jericka Duncan reports.

• Nov 25, 2019
• 03:55

3/28: CBSN AM

77 percent want Mueller report released; R. Kelly accuser goes public

• Mar 28, 2019
• 46:43

8/31: CBS News Mornings

Justice Department suggests Trump team misled investigators on Mar-a-Lago documents; Prosecutors rest case in R.Kelly's federal trial

• Aug 31, 2022
• 43:04

Prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

The singer, 56, wouldn't be eligible for release until he was about 100 if a Chicago judge goes along and adds it to the 30 years Kelly's already serving after a New York conviction.

• Feb 17, 2023

Singer R. Kelly has been denied a new federal trial in Chicago

Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2022 on nine counts that included "sexual exploitation of children."

• Feb 16, 2023

8/26: CBSN AM

Taliban warns of "consequences" if U.S. delays withdrawal from Afghanistan; Trial of R. Kelly continues today

• Aug 26, 2021
• 49:00

9/30: CBSN AM

Congress working to avert government shutdown; R. Kelly accuser speaks out in exclusive interview

• Sep 30, 2021
• 46:56

9/28: CBSN AM

Senate GOP blocks House-passed funding bill; Panic-buying leads to United Kingdom fuel shortage

• Sep 28, 2021

R. Kelly to pay $300,000 to victim in sex crimes case

A restitution order that was still being finalized is meant to cover the cost of treatment for herpes and psychotherapy.

• Sep 28, 2022

8/6: CBSN AM

Country mourns back-to-back mass shootings. Authorities investigate separate shootings that killed at least 22 in El Paso, Texas and at least 9 in Dayton, Ohio. Multimillionaire fugitive captured in Mexico. Peter Chadwick is suspected of killing wife in 2012.

• Aug 6, 2019
• 52:11

7/12: CBSN AM

R. Kelly arrested again; Mueller to testify on Russia report next week

• Jul 12, 2019
• 53:31

R. Kelly convicted on several child pornography charges

Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.

• Sep 14, 2022

Package explodes on Northeastern U. campus

The FBI is assisting with the investigation after a package opened by an employee detonated on the campus of Boston's Northeastern University, leaving one person with minor injuries. The U.S. Labor Secretary will meet carriers and unions Wednesday in a bid to avoid a rail strike. And singer R. Kelly's child pornography and trial-fixing case is now in the hands of a Chicago jury.

• Sep 14, 2022
• 01:00

Closing arguments to start next week in latest R. Kelly trial

The defense for R. Kelly and two co-defendants rested Friday at the R&B singer's trial on charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex.

• Sep 10, 2022

Opening statements in latest R. Kelly trial

Opening statements began Wednesday in Chicago in a federal trial for R. Kelly. He's accused of enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 pornography trial. Jim DeRogatis, journalist and author of "Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly," first broke the story for the Chicago Sun Times back in 2000, and he joins CBS News to discuss this latest case.

• Aug 17, 2022
• 11:44

Shooting outside Illinois Six Flags injures 3

Three people were injured in a shooting outside Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, near Chicago. A federal trial for R Kelly is set to begin in Chicago. A key witness in the child porn case is expected to testify that she and Kelly had sex on camera when she was 14. And a U.S. congressional delegation is in Taiwan on the heels of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit earlier this month.

• Aug 15, 2022
• 01:00

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