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R. Kelly’s interview over the allegations facing him

March 9, 2019 1:36 am

Robert Kelly, 52, simply known as R. Kelly to millions of music fans had a global audience, three Grammy awards, and sold some 75 million records. But now he is a mirror, reflecting a reckoning at the heart of the times we live in.

He is famous for the music he has given us. And he is infamous, for allegations he sexually abused women, for over two decades. Kelly vehemently denies those allegations.

The exclusive, explosive interview “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King had with him this week is part of a larger conversation America is smack in the …

R. Kelly in jail for failing to pay $161,000 to ex-wife

March 7, 2019 2:18 am

Singer R. Kelly has been taken into custody for failure to pay $161,000 in child support and was jailed Wednesday evening, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Chicago.

Supporters are working to get Kelly, 52, out of jail by next Wednesday, publicist Darrell Johnson told reporters at the Richard J. Daley Center.

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R. Kelly freed from Jail after paying his $100,000 bond

February 26, 2019 8:30 am

R. Kelly was released from jail on Monday afternoon after being indicted by a grand jury on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four alleged victims, Cook Country Sheriff confirms to PEOPLE.

The R&B singer secured his release by paying 10 percent of his $1 million bail amount.

R. Kelly in jail over the weekend for failure to make bail

February 25, 2019 10:12 am

R. Kelly stayed in jail over the weekend after he couldn’t make bail. A judge set his total bond at $1 million, one day after he was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse against four victims.

R.Kelly doesn’t have $1 million bail bond

February 24, 2019 6:47 am

Musician R. Kelly, real name Robert Kelly, was given a $1 million bond by a Chicago judge on Saturday, just one day after he was arrested. The R&B artist does not have the funding to immediately post bail, according to his lawyer Steve Greenberg.

Greenberg said the musician is confident he will be able to produce the money, as reported by ABC correspondent Linsey Davis on Twitter Saturday afternoon. According to Davis, Kelly also owes close to $162,000 in child support.

R. Kelly indicted with 10 counts of sexual abuse in Chicago

February 23, 2019 1:48 am

For more than two decades, the R&B singer R. Kelly has been trailed by allegations of sexual misconduct. He was married to a young singer who turned out to be 15 years old. There were claims that he controlled women in a cultlike atmosphere. He was linked to an infamous sex tape. None of it meaningfully stood in his way.

Trump to nominate Kelly Knight Craft ambassador to UN

February 23, 2019 12:08 am

President Trump announced Friday evening that he will nominate Kelly Knight Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada and a major Republican donor, to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Grand jury to look into new allegations against R. Kelly

February 19, 2019 4:23 pm

A grand jury has been assembled in Illinois to look into new allegations against singer R. Kelly, a pair of sources say. Attorney Michael Avenatti said last week he gave the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office a videotape that appears to show Kelly engaging in sex acts with an underage girl.