More than 20 years after his alleged crimes began, R. Kelly was finally charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. But the R&B artist still has millions of fans.

A grand jury indicted R. Kelly Friday for abusing four victims, three underage, from 1998 to 2010, and a Cook County judge issued a warrant for his arrest. Because the singer-songwriter has long been suspected of abuse, the indictment is just one step forward in the eyes of music lovers who’ve been tracking his bewildering success for years.

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