Michael Williams, an associate of troubled American singer Robert Kelly better known in music circles as R Kelly has bagged 96 months sentence for trying to silence one of the convicted singer’s victims.
In a ruling announcing by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Wednesday November 17, Michael Williams was sentenced to 96 months for witness intimidation in connection to the singer’s sex crime and racketeering case.
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The judgement came seven months after 38-year-old Michael Williams pleaded guilty to an arson charge.
The Georgia resident admitted to authorities he had traveled to the home of one of Kelly’s accusers and set fire to a vehicle that was parked outside her Florida residence. Prosecutors say Williams’ deliberate actions were intended to scare the woman and prevent her from cooperating in Kelly’s federal trial.
Williams, a relative of Kelly’s former publicist, reportedly arrived at the accuser’s house on June 11, 2020, and poured gasoline around an SUV that was leased by the victim’s father.
