R. Kelly Will Remain in Jail at Least Until His 2020 Trial

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Judge Ann Donnelly said R. Kelly’s finances are “murky, to say the least,” and that home detention “certainly would do nothing to deter” him from intimidating witnesses

will not get bail. In a motion filed in Brooklyn on Monday, his legal team argued that he couldn’t flee due to lack of funds and a passport, per the

,* and that he’s been held under unfair conditions—that is, only one of his two formerly live-in girlfriends has been allowed to visit at a time.wrote. “In other words, although he lives and has lived with two lady friends, only one of them is allowed to be on his visiting list, and after 90 days he is required to switch. No other friends or professional colleagues are allowed to visit. That is not right.”didn’t bite.

In July a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted Kelly on 13 counts, which include “enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice, in addition to the child pornography charges,”to the assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Brooklyn federal prosecutors separately indicted him on one count of racketeering and four counts of violating the Mann Act, which “prohibits transporting people across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.

 

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