R&B legend R. Kelly has been indicted in Brooklyn on racketeering and other charges involving alleged sex crimes, according to newly unsealed court documents.
Kelly, 52, is accused in the indictment of sexually exploiting at least five girls and women, identified only as Jane Does, between January 1999 and the present in Illinois, California, New York, Connecticut, and other places.
The women and girls were ordered to call him “Daddy,” according to the indictment, and were not allowed to leave their rooms or eat without permission.
They were also “required to wear baggy clothing” when not with Kelly, and “were not permitted to look at other men and instead told to keep their heads down,” the document says.
In addition, the papers accuse Kelly of producing child pornography, engaging in sexual activity with girls younger than 18 and failing to disclose an unspecified sexually transmitted disease.
Prosecutors claim Kelly and his unnamed cohorts targeted girls at concerts, seemingly using his music to entrap unwitting fans.
The indictment calls the musician — whose real name Robert Sylvester Kelly — the head of a criminal enterprise whose purposes “were to promote R. Kelly’s music and the R. Kelly brand and to recruit women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with Kelly.
“By promoting R. Kelly’s music and the R. Kelly brand, the members of the Enterprise expected to receive financial opportunities and personal benefits, including increased power and status within the Enterprise,” reads the filing.
The Chicago-born artist is the only person named in the indictment, though it claims he used managers, bodyguards and other assistants to select his victims during his live performances.
Prospective targets were allegedly given special wristbands and shepherded backstage or to areas where they could be inspected by Kelly.
“When Kelly identified a woman or girl who he wished to see again, he either gave his contact information to the woman or girl or obtained her contact information or relied upon members of the Enterprise to do so,” reads the indictment, noting he would then start calling, texting, and FaceTiming the girls and women, and demanding photos.
The indictment charges racketeering — including acts of kidnapping, sexual exploitation of multiple children and forced labor — and other charges related to transporting his victims across state lines for sex.
Kelly’s lawyer, Steven Greenberg, issued a statement on Twitter but declined to comment further when reached by The Post on Friday.
“The conduct appears to be largely the same as the conduct previously alleged against Mr. Kelly in his current State indictment,” Greenberg tweeted, referring to Kelly’s arrest in Chicago earlier this year on sex-crime charges. “He and his lawyers look forward to his day in court, to the truth coming out and to his vindication from what has been an unprecedented assault by others for their own personal gain.”
“Most importantly he looks forward to being able to continue making wonderful music and perform for his legions of fans that believe in him,” the statement concludes.
Kelly also faces a new indictment in Chicago federal court charging sex trafficking and other counts.
A date for his appearance in Brooklyn has not been set.