Singer R. Kelly was arrested in Chicago on a federal grand jury indictment listing 13 counts including sex crimes and obstruction of justice. On Friday, a law enforcement official said Kelly also faces five counts in New York for racketeering and Mann Act violations.
Singer R. Kelly was arrested in Chicago Thursday on a federal grand jury indictment listing 13 counts including sex crimes and obstruction of justice.The counts include child porn, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice.
He was arrested after the indictment was handed down earlier Thursday in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois. Thursday's arrest was the second time this year that Kelly has been taken into custody in Chicago on sex charges. Darrell Johnson, a publicist for Kelly, told the Associated Press that he planned to deliver a statement about the latest developments at a Friday morning news conference in Atlanta. He declined to comment ahead of that time."Most, if not all of the conduct alleged, is decades old," Kelly's lawyer said. "...
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