Authorities say R&B singer R. Kelly was taken into custody during a hearing in Chicago over unpaid child support
A Cook County Sheriff's Office official says singer R. Kelly won't be released from jail until he pays $161,000 in back child support he owes.
Kelly was charged last month with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving four women, including three who were underage at the time the abuse is alleged to have occurred. He spent a weekend in jail before someone posted his $100,000 bail, and his defense attorney said at the time that Kelly's finances were"a mess."-The spelling of Darryll Johnson's first name has been corrected. It had been misspelled"Darrell."Authorities say R&B singer R.
Kelly was charged last month with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse pertaining to four women years ago, including three who were underage at the time.A 23-year-old woman described by R. Kelly as one of his girlfriends has told her family that she is"happy" with the embattled R&B artist. The call was on speaker-phone at the office of the couple's lawyer, Gerald Griggs, and was captured on cellphone video and posted on Twitter.
Kelly has pleaded not guilty to the 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse that he faces."CBS This Morning" broadcast part of an interview with Kelly earlier Wednesday in which he said the allegations against him are all lies.A lawyer for a Georgia couple who say their daughter is being held against her will by R. Kelly lashed out after a television interview with the R&B singer.
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