A Chicago prosecutor has dropped all sex abuse charges against incarcerated singer/songwriter R. Kelly.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said Monday that her office was dropping all charges since Kelly is already convicted and faces decades in prison.
Foxx said she would ask a judge to dismiss the charges Tuesday. The disgraced singer was accused of sexually abusing four people, three of whom were minors at the time.
Foxx initially charged the Chicago native with sex trafficking in 2019. She said that her decision “may be disappointing” to his victims.
“Mr. Kelly is potentially looking at the possibility of never walking out of prison again for the crimes that he’s committed,” she said. “While today’s cases are no longer being pursued, we believe justice has been served.”
Kelly, 56, was convicted in Chicago and New York on a laundry list of charges, including child pornography, enticement, racketeering and sex trafficking.
The “I Believe I Can Fly” singer is serving a 30-year prison sentence in the New York case and awaits sentencing on Feb. 23 in Chicago federal court.
