R. Kelly crisis manager steps down: 'I would not leave my daughter with anyone that's accused of being a pedophile'
co-host Gayle King on Monday morning that he is stepping down from representing the embattled singer, who is slated to appear in federal court in Brooklyn next month to face 18 sex crime charges from federal prosecutors in Illinois and New York, including counts of child pornography.
Kelly, who Johnson said is "a mess right now... he's scared, he's isolated," has repeatedly denied the allegations that he has exploited women and girls, including underage girls, for several decades. As to the reports that Kelly is broke and unable to pay his bills, Johnson said that the singer does have some royalties coming in and has gotten some donations from friends and fans.
"They've indicted Mr. Kelly. He's in jail right now. He will have his day in court," Johnson said when asked to explain how all the women who are accusing Kelly have such similar stories and what he would say to them. "And they'll have to bring the evidence. And that's what has to be done. If the evidence stick, Mr. Kelly will spend the rest of his life in the penitentiary.
The disgraced singer and songwriter has been held in Metropolitan Correction Center in Chicago since his two weeks ago on accusations out of New York of illegal sex with girls and women, who he allegedly paid or threatened to keep quiet. Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti said last week that Kelly paid $2 million to keep the alleged victim in the 2008 case off the witness stand.
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