R. Kelly is desperate to meet his prior obligations to perform in Dubai to help pay his mounting legal fees and child support bills. The troubled R&B singer is booked to perform 3 concert dates in Dubai, sources tell CBS 2 in Chicago.
Kelly, 52, was arrested last week and released after he paid his ex-wife $161,000 in back child support.
Family and friends are chipping in to help Kelly pay $21,000 a month in court-ordered child support to Drea Kelly for their three children.
Kelly also spent three nights in jail after he was indicted on Feb. 22 on 10 counts of aggravated sex abuse of three minors nearly 2 decades ago.
A friend paid $100,000 cash to post Kelly’s $1 million bond. The judge seized his passport and ordered him to remain in Chicago as a condition of his bond.
On Friday, Kelly’s attorney Steve Greenberg filed a motion asking a judge to allow the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer to travel for work in Dubai.
According to ABC13 in Chicago, Kelly’s motion will reference three concert dates from April 17 to 19 that were previously booked in Dubai.
Greenberg is expected to argue that the singer’s job requires him to travel, and that a recently denied performance permit in the U.S. proves he needs to be able to travel outside of the U.S. to earn a living.
Kelly is requesting to travel via private jet because he “needs to pay his day to day living expenses,” as well as the excessive costs of child support and other child-related expenses, and a money judgment against him for back rent on his Chicago studio, according to ABC13.
Like THEY won’t know WHO you are and WHAT you did…FOH Kelz
They have child brides 8n the Arab world he will fit right in. It the social norm over there.
He will fit right on in with the other pissers, child bride having ass, etc native men there.
Jinx
Rkelly is not seen as a predetor in the Arab world . It is normal for men to have child brides and multiple wives there. Their culture will make him fit right in.
Chile this a fool !!!!!!
This man still playing victim …. shyt is sick ……
He’s so crazy.
Shame!
I am so tired of this dude right now https://media2.giphy.com/media/5nikJGZAdeONW/giphy-downsized-medium.gif
He believes he can fly away to Dubai (but I bet those foolish girls don’t even have passports), smh
Has anybody checked on Drea and the children?
Im so happy to hear that Morris Brown College is seeking to get their accreditation back! Puts a smile on my face!
If he goes to Dubai, he won’t be coming back. I smell this scam a mile a way…
They out spending their $161k in peace.
Put a smile on my boogie ass cousin face.
That’s why he wants private planes
Lol.
There is no peace when Daddy is in the news, I hope they are in counseling.
Great minds think alike; I was getting ready to type the same thing. They best hurry! It take a minute to get a passport. And even with expedited requests, they may not get it by early April. A continued mess…
Only until I was an adult did I understand what my grandmother would ALWAYS say; “Baby, if you give a dance you gotta’ pay the band.” Seems appropriate here…
OMG! You are correct. He may leave his OLDER women behind and look anew.
Why is Y’all President talking about a dead man?! !
I wonder if McCain is haunting his ass …. lolol
Right! Disrespectful FOOL!
Daddy been in the news their ENTIRE lives so Im pretty sure they have a few therapists on speed dial???
The judge will NOT grant this PLUS he is out on Bail so I’m https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a31debede678915a150503228f77ff2759d8520e246cc52e28d52d7b8edc52e4.gif
On this one!
They BET NOT let his ass leave the county for nothing…. They’ll have another Roman Polanski on their hands because if he leave he NOT coming back…. That’d be the dumbest move of the century on their part lets be real… If I was the judge I would be like he better stick to the cookouts & hole in the wall clubs that he used to
I’m sorry, but why do I have “Feeling on yo booty” stuck in my head? He’s trying to get to Dubai just to do that. ?
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Private jet? Let him hang onto the wing…in coach.
Cause he’s mad that the dead man will always be respected. Him, goes to Twitter to complain as his usual.
Said this same shyt yesterday ….. chile he a damn fool too smh …. Fools on da loose
Exactly!
That pee/shyt pimp ain’t looking to go to no Dubai for work. He’s looking for a safe place to have pee/shyt sex with some underage girls. Looking like a damned addicted pee/shyt dope fiend.
To borrow the gif from @IyanlaVanzantoftheInterWebs used below, I’m calling the bullshit hotline too. I can hear the judge now. Pish, pash, be gone fo I lock your trifling ass back up again.
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Lot of people on her believe in guilt till proven innocent so much for civil rights and due process
My friend’s husband completed a tour overseas not to long ago. He told me a lot of good ole boys enjoy touring because of the young girls who visit their camps at night. R Kelley not above any of the mess. Low key I am sure my friends dude was about that life too. Damn shame
If he wants to gets pissed and shitted on for a change then let him.
The kids don’t consider him a dad.
stupid smh
Really? Y’all passport service sucks. You can get a passport in 10 days and within 24hrs in Canada if you expedite it.
Lmfao… Don’t have a heart attack now.
Smh How R.Kelly like them.https://media0.giphy.com/media/dBkr9ttKjWXrG/giphy.gif
I am not defending him…but they refuse to lower the child support order…but won’t let him earn money. I am still confuse on why he is paying child support for an 19 & 21 yrs old…that is not in any school. He is due to perform in GERMANY not DUBAI….Germany has an extradition treaty with the US…so will have to return to the US regardless.
I am still confuse on why he is paying child support for an 19 & 21 yrs old
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My daughter is 24 and he STILL OWES. I got a summons in the mail the other day because HE is in contempt.
They some d@mn fools. I wish I would help pay a nothing @ss ninja’s child support!
Put them sister wives to work. What do they do all day? Surely not eat and use the restroom and talk to family. ???
I understand back support…but he is presently paying for all 3 children.
it gives me the creeps to voice it, but the reality is that they may be “aging out” …they’re heading towards their mid-20s, so he certainly won’t keep them around into their 30s (not as “girlfriends” anyway) *shudders*
you’re in Canada???
(you know Drake? j/k… LOL!)
i was wondering how that would work, LOL!!!
RK: “yo’ honor, can i go ‘work’ in Dubai? i know i don’t have gig YET, but i’m pretty sure if i get over there, they’ll want me to perform”
JUDGE: FOH!
*cackles*
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hell, my friend 42 and still gets back child support. Dude never paid and the state never forgot neither!
Very nice, my Alma Mater should try for theirs next
WTH…I know his father is going crazy…how the hell do you still owe for a 42 yrs old.
Pedophilla is legal overseas in Dubai. How old were those girls?
So he’s going oversees now to pimp those girls to the billionaires and also himself. For top coin. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9564a50eb00648b8e79e993caaf49eba720fb0cc50fe4af50bb5133eb8bf8612.gif
The father was a truck driver and didn’t receive w2s. No shit
Lmao.. He actually went to the same highschool as my sister.
You can actually have a passport by tomorrow, but it cost big $$$$
Maybe the state laws or something. IDK
Welp, I hope he keeps his hands off the underage girls over there. The Middle East is a dangerous place to be if you’re a female.
cool!
It depends on how they structured their court order. When I got a divorce nearly 20 years ago, neither me nor my EX had an attorney. I typed an agreement for him to pay child support and college for our son and we had it notarized. I also put language in there that it could only be modified by a judge. I asked for $800 a month for our son until he was 25 y/o and for him to pay for his school/college until he was 26. He agreed. And, instead of paying $800 a month, he paid $1,000 a month. Later, he wanted a change. I represented myself and he had an attorney this time. He had the worst low-budget attorney who had a master plan which was to get the agreement adopted into a court order and then try to have the judge quash it. His attorney asked for a sidebar at the bench with the judge. He knew damned well he wasn’t supposed to do that without including me in that conversation. Knowing this I sat there and let him do it. I overheard him telling the judge they would agree to the same terms in a court order and then come back to court and plead his case that he didn’t know what he was signing. We went back to court, I told the new judge what his attorney and the judge did at the last hearing and what they said. Boo-yah. The judge stabbed my Ex’s attorney with his eyes and said the order would remain as is. A win for my son!
Let that man work. He has the right to make a living.
“Kelly is requesting to travel via private jet because he “needs to pay his day to day living expenses,””
He needs money for day to day, yet he’s willing to chalk up thousands of dollars for a private jet? A person with cash flow problems should be flying United or Emirates.
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Lol Sis back child support doesn’t stop because the kids turn 18… If he owed in the past he owes until the debt is paid. My sister gets child support for her 34 yr old son cause it didn’t start getting paid until after he was very grown.
Boeing 737 Max 8.
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Key word…COLLEGE…neither of these young ladies is in college…they are busy pursuing music careers….I am just curious…never did a child support order…hopefully I will not in the future…and I am so happy for your son…wish him luck on his degree.
Ok!! How you claiming financial troubles but want luxury accommodations??
Put his ass in the back but not too close to the bathroom ?
What’s your alma mater?
Thank you. He’s finished college and graduated and received his degree. I might pull those pics out when I get back from running an errand. I was so proud of him and I was so glad I fought back to get the financial help I knew I would need to house, clothe and feed my son and have him go to college. I had to get him off the street before he ended up running with the wrong crowd. He’s doing well as a result of the financial help his father gave me to help with his education.
Yeah, when children of entertainers don’t work, they always claim to be working on a music career. One can always fall back on their education and a degree.
Yes! Let his team fly it too so no innocent pilot goes down with them
Good for him
Why ???
Surely not eat and use the restroom and talk to family.
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Excuse me. I’ll be right back. I need to gather my composure.????
Yeah, a lot of those sayings make sense now.
Awww I am smiling and in tear like he is mine child…Love to see young black men get that degree…Go Proud Mommy!!!!
Yeah, most judges agree with the parent that is taking care of the child. YEAP
My ex-husband tried this…He looked like a fool.
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They come up in here talking about what in the nationality, to include defending pissy Kel.
It depends on the court order. YEAP
My son got support until age 20, because that what I asked for, and based on the circumstances the judge was in agreement.
DAMN
Robert, Robert, Robert!!! You think we stupid!!!! Naw B your gonna stay and face these charges!!
He has 3 kids by her not sure how old the 3rd one is. Regardless his ugly ass wife doesn’t need that much a month. She’s able to work, she can go teach a dance class or something.?????
Robert you crying po mouth you better fly Southwest or catch a crop duster
This reminded me of an episode of ‘ATLANTA’.
His ass is just beyond miserable! He’s probably mad because he won’t have a home going like McCain. Who’s going to attend or even have anything nice to say besides his family??????
17 (son)…19..(daughter/son).21 yrs old…(daughter).
I got mine in a week and I didn’t expedite it. And I did it during the govt shutdown I was surprised when I opened the mailbox and seen it.?
That’s awesome! I waited 7 weeks for mine and that was almost 15 years ago.
Thanks I knew there’s a s third one.
Wow that’s crazy. I honestly thought mine was gonna take 5 weeks like Twan at the Post Office told me.
He better get on Grindr and make it do what it do with that cape and mask???
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I laughed so hard that I nearly threw up!!!!!
R. Kelly would fit right in in Dubai. I hear they like water sports with American women too.
It’s possible depending on how well the terms were negotiated that the private jet is being paid for by the promoter of the shows.
What I want to know is there an extradition policy in place between Dubai and the US in the event he tries to flee the function?
Hide ya kids.
He has a lot of problems.
THIS HEADLINE HAS ME IN TEARS AND YA’LL KNOW WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll be shocked if the judge allows him to leave the country.
*HOT AZZ TEARS*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I agree, but he’s a liability. If he goes to another country and commits similar acts then that’ll cost that judge his seat. The ninja better figure out how he can make money in his own backyard.
Its back child support so that’s from not paying over the years when they were younger. That’s why they are paying her monthly until its paid off. So it’s money he owes. My ex husband had to pay back child support so he quit his job so he wouldn’t have to pay my step kids mama at the time. Men do some messed up crap. That’s probably what Kellz did too. Stopped paying her thinking it wasn’t going to catch up with him.
Well if he puts them to work over in Dubai while he’s there, they’ll make enough money to pay his child support for the rest of 2019, with enough left over to apply toward his legal fees. They’re used to eating and drinking a little piss and isht, so that should be easy money.
Well then my father still owes me/my mother. Gotta find him first though, sigh.
“catch a crop duster”… Dayum!
LMAO!
He looks like he’s bloated to the rim with shit.
Like he’s constipated and ain’t shit in 2 weeks.
Now he’s going to Dubai “looking for work” and probably will find it getting SHIT ON by rich, black hating A-rabs.
0_o
R. Kelly, try celibacy.
Dubai is the last place that his foolish butt should go because they have Sharia Law there.
I do believe they actually see a difference between a man marrying a child as opposed to someone being a pedophile.
Robert better start looking at the want ads, selling peen (somebody out there still wants it, I guess) or asking that dude Jeffrey for job at Trader Joe’s……cause he will NEVER find work as an entertainer…no more! He might as well hang that up! Cause child support will keep on coming and his bills will keep on rising….aint much 2 concert dates will do for him……I heard Walmart is hiring for the summer season tho….
damn…I laughed so hard…I actually crop dusted…..my bad to the lady sitting in front of me….lmbao
Everyone keep talking about Dubai…when he is not schedule to perform there ….he is schedule to perform in Germany..April 12-14…to sold out arenas.
Good luck with that. So sad..just depressing
A liability to who? The “victims” knew what they were getting themselves into when they were sleeping with R. Kelly and gave their full consent. They wanted the glitz and the glam. If I am 16 or 17 and commit a crime, I would be tried as an adult because I know what I am doing. These girls and their families knew what they were doing.
He needs to hire an attorney to look at his bad recording contracts & conduct a financial audit to see what happened to all of his $$$
They marry child-brides THAT is pedophilia tf
If that is the case, I see the spicy girl that used to be a boy then a girl again (whew that was a handful) come straight back home because they like to get their poop ? on I heard on because they do women DIRTAY over there
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Right! So his next hit won’t “Trapped in the Lavatory”.
LMAO
Cdfu@crop dusta
It doesn’t sounds like it’s an option for him. Always have to have his as stuck in something. With the indifference he displays towards his sex partners he should have just gotten an anatomically correct blow up doll. He would still have his millions and no STDs. Or he could go stick his junk in an electrical outlet for the constant charge he needs.
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Kellz asz runnin around like he ain got a care in the wurl…no charges pending, no nutn..ain’t no judge finna let him go to Dubai. If his request is granted he bedda be careful and hope they don’t put him on a Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
Hope he knows he can’t take that shit over to Dubai! They will feed him to their pet Lions and Cheetahs plus has anyone seen the video that went viral I believe with the men firing the guns in the air in the wedding?
Alll day your grandmother was a very wise woman!
Never mind. You don’t get it.
Barber-Scotia College
At all smdh!
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But for real though he got other people paying his bills and he wants to fly and floss…chile,smh
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He better do Uber or Lyft and call it the day to meet his day to day needs. It’s a honest 9 to 5 how every he works it…
Twan sounds like a name of a person I’d side-eye alot. You?
Yes – psychologically sick people use that as a 1st, and regular resort, in addition to the blame game. *years of counseling paying off again*
he’s going to go over there and won’t come back!
Request DENIED. ? Bye Kellz
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I don’t know what everyone else is talking about because to be real,I just heard about this Dubai thing.
I can’t begin to see him selling out a concert in Germany especially since many military stations have closed down there.
He should of been done self deported over there. Seems like his proclivities wouldn’t be a crime over there. They could have him.
Lolol, the pied piper would start trying to go after any weak minded women that needs a ride.
If Arra goes to Dubai, he is definitely NOT coming back. Nobody’s expecting him to pay anything. I hate to cast a negative specter over this, but life as Arra knows it has changed dramatically and he will never be the star he once was. He’s expected, and destined, to fail from this point forward. He won’t have to worry about paying any bills where he’s going. I mean, is anybody really expecting him to make a ton of money and dole it all out paying bills? He showed he doesn’t pay or he wouldn’t be in this mess with child support. How you do anything is how you do everything. It’s like after you get so far behind in rent and then on the verge of eviction, are you really gonna pay the back rent?
Hes going over there to pee on some children.
so it does have its perks as well
men owe what they owe no matter how long they go without paying. my nieghbor’s husband was a deadbeat for years after he abandoned them living off his women and mama, but, as soon as he got himself together decades later, he had to pay his ex wife just the same, garnished just the same. the kids were officially adults, but he still had to pay all of his court ordered child support.
He will be the spirit breaker of the many African slaves being kept in houses of abuse, neglect and sweat.
over there he will be celebrated until he pimps one of theirs and they chop his head off.
IDK why Barry Hankerson won’t at least give the guy back 2% of his publishing so he can get a nice place with at least 2 bathrooms. People always asking why Barry won’t release Aaliyah’s music on streaming sites. He doesn’t have to; he owns the bulk of R’s publishing.
Topic: The judge will grant it. He has to perform to make money. I hate seeing this for any artist who spent years recording music.
Yeah, they’ll get on him real quick. I remember when Dallas Austin went over there and got thrown in jail for having cocaine. He had to call in a favor from some heavyweights with international pull to get out. That fool aint been back over there since.
Just adding My 2cents yall didn’t ask for. But….
1. Cyntoia Brown was convicted of murder and robbery of a 43yr old perverted pedophile who paid her for sex; she was sentenced to 51-years-to-life at 16. Apparently the justice system believed she knew better than a pedo.
2. In 1974, Howard Allen beat to death 85-year-old woman while robbing her. He was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 2 to 21 years! In 1984, he was paroled by a state JUDGE & a few years later, he was linked to 12 robberies and assaults on the elderly, as well as two more murders. Apparently, that state judge wasn’t worried about liability when he released this serial killer on the public. ijs #unmuteRKelly
daughter/son? LMAO!
Neither of those crimes were committed in another country. So I’m not quite understanding your point.
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