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Court says R Kelly victim should be able to claim damages she is due from his Sony Music royalties

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Heather Williams, one of R Kelly’s sexual abuse victims, will be able to claim royalties due to the musician from Sony Music in lieu of a damages payment she is owed following a successful lawsuit.Those royalties had been claimed by a bank which is also owed money by the jailed former pop star, but the Illinois Supreme Court last week ruled that Williams’ damages should take priority.Kelly was sued by Williams in February 2019.

She alleged that she first met Kelly in 1998 when she was sixteen and initially agreed to spend time with him at his studio because he promised to put her in a music video.However the video never happened and instead they began a sexual relationship which Williams subsequently recognised as sexual abuse.

Kelly failed to defend himself against that lawsuit, meaning Williams won by default the following year and was awarded $4 million in damages.This all happened as new criminal investigations were launched into the many allegations of sexual abuse that had been made against Kelly over the years.

Those resulted in two trials at which the musician was convicted and jailed.With the incarcerated Kelly’s music career over, Williams’ legal team have struggled to get the $4 million in damages paid.

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