Singer R Kelly pled ‘not guilty’ to 10 counts of abuse and statutory rape on Monday, remains in prison because he is unable to come up with $1M bailR. Kelly’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of the disgraced singer who faces up to 14 years in prison. Kelly appeared in court for his Monday arraignment, and his next hearing was set for March 22.
Sporting an orange jumpsuit, R. Kelly was back in a Chicago courtroom on Monday to plead not guilty and to find out who the judge would be for his sexual abuse trial.
Kelly, who remained behind bars over the weekend as lawyers and pals tried to make arrangements for his $1million, saw his case assigned to Cook County Associate Judge Lawrence Flood.
Sporting an orange jumpsuit, R. Kelly was back in a Chicago courtroom on Monday to plead not guilty and to find out who the judge would be for his sexual abuse trial.
Kelly, who remained behind bars over the weekend as lawyers and pals tried to make arrangements for his $1million, saw his case assigned to Cook County Associate Judge Lawrence Flood.
Three days earlier Kelly was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four females, including three who were underage.
Among the sordid allegations laid out by prosecutors against Kelly: that he solicited an underage girl outside his 2008 criminal trial and later sexually abused her; carried on a yearlong sexual relationship with a girl he had met in 1998 when she was celebrating her 16th birthday; tried to force oral sex on his 24-year-old hairdresser in 2003; and videotaped himself having sex with a young girl at his home in Olympia Fields in the late 1990s.
Three of the accusers were underage at the time of the alleged crimes. Kelly’s bond was set at $1 million, and in order to leave police custody, he’d have to pay 10 percent of the total, or $100,000. Kelly was unable to pay the bail and spent the weekend in jail.
Kelly’s defense attorney, Steve Greenberg, has said they are making arrangements to pay the $100,000 bail as his client awaits trial. Among the conditions of his release, Kelly is not allowed to have contact with women younger than 18.
On Sunday, Greenberg had said that coordination of the bail payment is complicated, but he said Kelly could be released as early as Monday or Tuesday. Greenberg has said he doesn’t believe Kelly’s accusers. “I believe all the women are lying,” he said.
Kelly, acquitted of child porn charges in 2008, has denied wrongdoing: “He’s a rock star. He doesn’t have to have non-consensual sex,” Greenberg previously said.
However, lawyer Michael Avenatti said Monday he has obtained a second video that he claims shows Kelly sexually assaulting a minor.
Avenatti stated that he is representing two of the victims
Among the sordid allegations laid out by prosecutors against Kelly: that he solicited an underage girl outside his 2008 criminal trial and later sexually abused her; carried on a yearlong sexual relationship with a girl he had met in 1998 when she was celebrating her 16th birthday; tried to force oral sex on his 24-year-old hairdresser in 2003; and videotaped himself having sex with a young girl at his home in Olympia Fields in the late 1990s.
Three of the accusers were underage at the time of the alleged crimes. Kelly’s bond was set at $1 million, and in order to leave police custody, he’d have to pay 10 percent of the total, or $100,000. Kelly was unable to pay the bail and spent the weekend in jail.
Kelly’s defense attorney, Steve Greenberg, has said they are making arrangements to pay the $100,000 bail as his client awaits trial. Among the conditions of his release, Kelly is not allowed to have contact with women younger than 18.
On Sunday, Greenberg had said that coordination of the bail payment is complicated, but he said Kelly could be released as early as Monday or Tuesday. Greenberg has said he doesn’t believe Kelly’s accusers. “I believe all the women are lying,” he said.
Kelly, acquitted of child porn charges in 2008, has denied wrongdoing: “He’s a rock star. He doesn’t have to have non-consensual sex,” Greenberg previously said.
However, lawyer Michael Avenatti said Monday he has obtained a second video that he claims shows Kelly sexually assaulting a minor.
Avenatti stated that he is representing two of the victims
previously gave prosecutors video evidence of Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
Among the sordid allegations laid out by prosecutors against Kelly: that he solicited an underage girl outside his 2008 criminal trial and later sexually abused her; carried on a yearlong sexual relationship with a girl he had met in 1998 when she was celebrating her 16th birthday; tried to force oral sex on his 24-year-old hairdresser in 2003; and videotaped himself having sex with a young girl at his home in Olympia Fields in the late 1990s.
Kelly remains in jail, Monday having not posted the $100,000 bail bond.
Among the sordid allegations laid out by prosecutors against Kelly: that he solicited an underage girl outside his 2008 criminal trial and later sexually abused her; carried on a yearlong sexual relationship with a girl he had met in 1998 when she was celebrating her 16th birthday; tried to force oral sex on his 24-year-old hairdresser in 2003; and videotaped himself having sex with a young girl at his home in Olympia Fields in the late 1990s.
Kelly remains in jail, Monday having not posted the $100,000 bail bond.
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