Use of racketeering statute against singer R. Kelly, whose trial starts this week, may be ‘uncharted territory’

From Matt Lauer to Kevin Spacey, it seems that there has long been an environment of pervasive sexual misconduct that was largely unnoticed (or ignored) by the majority of people in the entertainment industry. One name that seems to stand above others when it comes to sexual misconduct is Harvey Weinstein. It seems that the allegations…