Twice-convicted R&B singer R. Kelly’s first hearing in Cook County court after his Chicago federal trial left observers with little clarity about how the lingering county cases would proceed.
Thursday’s hearing was four minutes. Kelly, who is in federal custody awaiting sentencing, was not present. Attorneys got admonishments from Associate Judge Lawrence Flood that they should “start looking toward a resolution of these matters or trial.”Assistant State’s Attorney Tene McCoy Cummings said in court that prosecutors were in the process of ordering and reading transcripts from Kelly’s Chicago federal trial, which concluded in mid-September.
R. Kelly turns to exit during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago on Sept. 17, 2019. But the Cook County charges were filed before either federal case. In four separate indictments, county prosecutors allege Kelly sexually abused or assaulted four people, three of whom were underage girls at the time.Meanwhile, Kelly is fighting on at least three other fronts where prosecutors and civil attorneys are going after his money.
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