Robert Sylvester Kelly is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor and former semi-professional basketball player from Illinois. He has been credited with helping to redefine R&B and hip hop, earning nicknames.
The defendant is currently in custody because of the risks that he will flee or attempt to obstruct, threaten or intimidate prospective witnesses,” Donnelly wrote in the ruling, according to Variety.
The defendant has not explained how those risks have changed.”
R. Kelly‘s request to be freed from federal prison in Chicago over health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic has been denied, according to multiple reports.
The motion for bond, filed in U.S District Court on March 26 by Kelly’s lawyers, said that the singer — who is being held with bail after being arrested on several sex crime charges — was within the category of people described as high-risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (TMZ reports Kelly, 53, underwent emergency hernia surgery in January.
Yet U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly denied the motion Tuesday.
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R. Kelly‘s request to be freed from federal prison in Chicago over health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic has been denied, according to multiple reports.
The motion for bond, filed in U.S District Court on March 26 by Kelly’s lawyers, said that the singer — who is being held with bail after being arrested on several sex crime charges — was within the category of people described as high-risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (TMZ reports Kelly, 53, underwent emergency hernia surgery in January.
Yet U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly denied the motion Tuesday.
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