Names and faces
■ Federal prosecutors hit R. Kelly with more criminal charges Friday, accusing the R&B singer of having unprotected sex with a girl in 2015 without disclosing he had herpes. The new racketeering charges were included in a revised indictment filed in New York City a week after the 53-year-old Kelly pleaded innocent to an updated federal indictment in Chicago involving child pornography, sexual exploitation of children and other allegations. The court papers in New York allege that the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer arranged for the minor — referred to only as “Jane Doe #5” — to travel to New York and other locations to have sex with him without informing her that “he had contracted herpes and obtaining her consent to sexual intercourse in these circumstances.” A message was left with Kelly’s attorney seeking comment. \ The charges further a string of dozens of other counts of state and federal sexual misconduct in Illinois, Minnesota and New York, from sexual assault to heading a racketeering scheme aimed at supplying Kelly with girls. He has denied ever abusing anyone.
■ Abigail Kawananakoa, the 93-year-old Native Hawaiian heiress, needs someone to handle her estate despite testifying Monday that she didn’t need a conservator because she’s still alive, a judge ruled Friday. “Ms. Kawananakoa is a charming and gracious lady, in the best sense of the word. She has a great sense of humor and is tremendously endearing,” said state Judge James Ashford. “Nevertheless, the Court finds … that for reasons other than age Ms. Kawananakoa is unable to manage her property and business affairs effectively because of an impairment.” Kawananakoa’s $215 million trust has been tied up in court since she suffered a stroke in 2017. The so-called princess says she’s fine. After the stroke, she married her partner of 20 years, Veronica Gail Worth. Board members of her foundation and former employees say the wife is manipulating Kawananakoa, but lawyers for the couple dispute that. Kawananakoa inherited her wealth as the great-granddaughter of James Campbell, an Irish businessman who made his fortune as a sugar plantation owner and one of Hawaii’s largest landowners.