A judge set bond at $1 million for R&B singer R. Kelly at a hearing in Chicago on Saturday. Kelly, 52, was arrested last night on 10 charges of aggravated criminal sex abuse of minors under 17. The judge specified no contact with women under 18 after he posts bond.
R. Kelly is due in court on Saturday for a bond hearing following his arrest on 10 aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges Friday night. The troubled 52-year-old R&B singer turned himself in to Chicago police after a no-bond warrant was signed by a judge on Friday.
R. Kelly turned himself in to Chicago on Friday night. The 52-year-old R&B singer/songwriter is charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal abuse after decades of allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girls and adult women.
R. Kelly was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Chicago Tribune. The singer/songwriter, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was charged in Cook County, Illinois on Friday.
Cook County Officials have issued a no-bail arrest warrant.
Lawyer Michael Avenatti claims he turned over a newly uncovered VHS videotape that shows singer R. Kelly allegedly performing sex acts with an underage girl. Avenatti said in a statement on Thursday that he recently uncovered the 45-minute long VHS videotape.
R. Kelly has deleted a social media post announcing his upcoming international tour after backlash on Instagram.com. The "I Believe I Can Fly" singer took to his Instagram account on Wednesday to inform his international fans he was headed out on the road to Australia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka later this year.
R. Kelly made the female members of his alleged sex cult sign an iron-clad non-disclosure agreement preventing them from giving interviews to the press, among other stipulations.
The document which was obtained by The Blast was given to the women to sign prior to moving into his home in suburban Atlanta and a Chicago recording studio.
R. Kelly and Sony Records has reportedly parted ways in the aftermath of a sex scandal involving adult women who claim the singer abused them and held them hostage in his Atlanta area home and a Chicago recording studio.
A video that surfaced online this week provides proof that embattled singer/songwriter R. Kelly knew Aaliyah was underaged at the time of their marriage in 1994.
Kelly strenuously denied knowing the late singer was only 15 when he married her. But the video proves definitely that he did.
Chester Jennings, aka Lyfe Jennings, provoked the #MeToo movement by recording his own version of R. Kelly's hit single "When A Woman's Fed Up". The song is sure to irk feminists since Lyfe appears to take R. Kelly's side in his ongoing sex cult drama.
