R. Kelly is facing new charges under a sweeping US federal indictment that accuses the singer of recruiting women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity.
The indictment unsealed in New York today includes charges of racketeering, kidnapping, forced labour and sexual exploitation.
It alleges Kelly and members of his entourage picked out women and girls at concerts and arranged for them to travel to see Kelly.
They also allegedly set rules the women and girls had to follow, including not leaving their rooms without Kelly's permission, calling the singer "Daddy,'' and not looking at other men.