Appeals court agrees R. Kelly should stay jailed
R. Kelly can remain behind bars awaiting multiple trials on child pornography and other charges in three states, an appeals court in New York said Tuesday as a lawyer for the R&B singer cited another inmate’s attack on Kelly last month as one reason he should receive bail.
Kelly’s lawyers want to question gang member in cell attack
Attorneys for R. Kelly want to question a convicted member of the Latin Kings gang who says he beat up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago cell.
R. Kelly attacked by inmate in Chicago prison, attorney says
Embattled R&B star R. Kelly was attacked Wednesday by an inmate in Chicago's Metropolitan Correctional Center, according to his attorney Steve Greenberg.
R. Kelly's manager charged with phone threats to theater
R. Kelly’s manager has been arrested in California on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years ago, forcing an evacuation and the cancellation of the screening of a documentary addressing allegations that the singer had sexually abused women and girls.
Prosecutors charge three with threatening women in R. Kelly case
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.
Judge rules R. Kelly must remain locked up amid coronavirus crisis
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday denied R&B singer R. Kelly’s request for release from jail in Chicago because he was concerned he could contract the coronavirus while behind bars.
R. Kelly seeks release from Chicago jail, cites coronavirus risk
R&B singer R. Kelly cited the novel coronavirus in asking a federal judge Thursday to free him from a federal jail in Chicago.
New charges accuse R. Kelly of having unprotected sex with girl without telling her he had herpes
Federal prosecutors hit R. Kelly with more criminal charges Friday, accusing the disgraced R&B singer of having unprotected sex with a girl in 2015 without disclosing he had herpes.
R. Kelly pleads not guilty to reworked federal abuse charges in Chicago
R. Kelly, 53, stood silently in orange prison garb with his hands behind his back as his attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf at the arraignment hearing in Chicago.
R. Kelly hit with new federal charges in Chicago
An updated federal indictment against R. Kelly filed Friday in Chicago includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser, adding to the jailed jailed singer’s mounting legal challenges across three states.
R. Kelly girlfriend can return to Kelly home for belongings
A judge on Thursday agreed to allow a girlfriend of R. Kelly retrieve her belongings from the singer's home in Trump Tower in Chicago, where authorities say she assaulted one of Kelly's other girlfriends earlier this month.
State prosecutors make plan for their 1st R. Kelly trial
The singer, who remains in jail, would not attend the hearing, his attorney Steve Greenberg said.
R. Kelly's girlfriend pleads not guilty to battery charge
Joycelyn Savage, 24, was taken into custody after allegedly punching a 22-year-old woman in the face Wednesday, police said. She was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
Girlfriends of R. Kelly fight inside singer's Chicago condo
Chicago police say two girlfriends of R. Kelly fought Wednesday inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condominium , resulting in one of the women being taken to a nearby hospital.
Lifetime returns to R. Kelly with a new powerful docuseries
A year later, Lifetime is readying a follow-up series, series "Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning" with one major difference: this time, he will be behind bars when it airs.
R. Kelly arraigned on bribe charge linked to wedding with Aaliyah
Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he schemed with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994.
Judge sets September 14 trial date for R. Kelly's state trial
A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered singer R. Kelly to stand trial on one of four sexual abuse cases on Sept. 14, but it remains unclear which of the cases prosecutors will take to trial first.
Singer R. Kelly charged with paying bribe before marrying Aaliyah
A revised indictment in federal court in Brooklyn accuses R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a “fraudulent identification document” for someone identified only as “Jane Doe” on Aug. 30, 1994.
Infected toe stops R. Kelly from attending court hearing
R. Kelly's lawyer has told a federal judge that an infected toe prevented the R&B star from attending a hearing in his child pornography case in Chicago.
R. Kelly's former divorce lawyer seeks $12,000 from singer
R. Kelly's former divorce lawyer has asked an Illinois judge to order the R&B singer to pay her more than $12,000 in fees.