R. Kelly has on Monday released from jail in Chicago, the UNITED states, after it managed to put a bail of 100,000 dollars, which is equivalent to approximately 650.000 dkk.
It writes the Associated Press.
Thus the R&B star to stay on the free foot, while he is awaiting trial. Last week he was accused of sexual assault against four persons, including three minor girls.
R. Kelly, who refuses is guilty of the charges, had to spend the weekend behind bars, because he apparently couldn’t find the money to make bail. It came at the same time forward, he owes over a million dollars in child support.
money problems is striking, since the 52-year-old Grammy-winner is one of the best selling musicians ever, among other things, with the hit ’I Believe I Can Fly’.
After the release jumped to R. Kelly in a black limousine, which drove him directly to the nearest McDonald’s in central Chicago, writes the news agency.
R. Kelly are fighting their way through a large presseopbud outside the jail in Chicago. Photo: AFP
R. Kelly was arrested Friday and charged with 10 cases of sexual abuse. He has the trial been prohibited from having contact with girls under the age of 18 years.
the Judge called the allegations against R. Kelly for ’disturbing’.
Three of the girls, he must have sexually abused between 1998 and 2010. All the girls were, according to the charges minors.
The fourth victim was his 24-year-old hairdresser. She says that he forced her to perform oral sex in 2003.
R. kelly’s lawyer, Steve Greenberg, denies that the musician has done something wrong.
– Everyone has the right to a defense. Everyone has the right to be considered innocent until proven otherwise. We should all take a step back, says Greenberg, according to the Associated Press.
R. Kelly has released up to a possible lawsuit. Photo: Reuters