R. Kelly, the disgraced musician, may be required to pay more than USD 300,000 to one of the young people he sexually exploited as part of his intricate strategy to get notoriety.

The expense of the person's herpes treatment and counseling will be covered by a restitution order issued by U.S. District Judge Ann Connelly, which is still being finalized.

The woman, who wishes to remain unnamed, claims that the singer exposed her to the STD during one of their encounters.

After being found guilty by a jury in 2021 on several counts of racketeering involving bribery and forced labor, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in jail in June.

He was also found guilty of many children sex assault and child pornography counts earlier this month.

Three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement led to the Grammy winner's conviction.

A fourth child pornography count and a charge of conspiring to obstruct justice accusing him of manipulating his state child pornography trial in 2008 were also dropped by the jury, though.

He appeared via video link from a Chicago prison during a hearing at a federal court in Brooklyn.

At his sentencing, Kelly was referred to as "the pied piper of R&B" after numerous of his victims spoke about his "deplorable and unfathomable" abuse that occurred over decades.

The singer, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is known for songs including his first number one single Bump N’ Grind, and 1996 hit I Believe I Can Fly.

The latter developed into a motivational song that was used at weddings, inaugurations of former U.S. president Barack Obama in 2008, and other events.