R&B star R Kelly has been taken into custody again for failing to pay child support, just weeks after he was detained on sex abuse charges
Image: Cook County Sheriff’s Office via AP Image: Cook County Sheriff’s Office via AP R&B STAR R KELLY has been taken into custody again for failing to pay child support, just weeks after he was detained on sex abuse charges.
The singer was unable to come up with the $161,000 he owes in payments to his ex-wife and their three children.This is the latest legal setback for 52-year-old Kelly. On 25 February, he pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sex abuse against four victims, three of them minors.Over the past number of month, he has also been the target of a boycott campaign amid mounting allegations of sexual abuse.However, the judge required the full amount.
“We were coming expecting that he was gonna come and make an arrangement, but they wanted the entire amount,” his publicist told reporters at the courthouse.Instead, he was taken into custody and escorted from the courtroom by a police officer.“The reason he can’t pay, as you know, he hadn’t worked in a long time. He can’t book shows he can’t do anything,” Johnson said.He initially was unable to arrange payment of a $100,000 bail.
In January, a six-part documentary called Surviving R Kelly was released. It claimed he had engaged in sexual, mental and physical abuse of girls and women.
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