R. Kelly says he needs more time to challenge his sex trafficking convictions because he caught COVID-19 and fired most of his legal team.
Jennifer Ann Bonjean
, who gained notoriety last summer when she won a ruling on appeal that overturned Bill Cosby’s 2018 sex assault conviction and saw the comedian released from prison.on nine counts related to accusations that the singer, who had faced decades of accusations and rumors of sexual misconduct, had orchestrated a long-running scheme to recruit and abuse women and underage girls.
The move to drop his trial attorneys is the latest legal shakeup for Kelly. Attorneys Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard, who repped the singer for years,just months before last summer’s trial. Greenberg and Leonard also moved to withdraw from the Chicago case last month, citing “an irretrievable breakdown in communications between counsel and client” and “a fundamental disagreement regarding strategy.
Kelly hired Bonjean, who runs her own criminal defense and civil rights firm in New York, in October.
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