R Kelly: Singer released from US jail after ‘someone’ pays $161,000 back child support
Written by News on 09/03/2019
R Kelly has been released from a US jail after the $161,000 (£123,000) he owed in child support was paid.
The singer walked out of a Chicago jail today after “someone” paid the outstanding amount for him, Cook County sheriff’s spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said, adding that she did not know who made the payment.
The artist, whose real name is Robert Kelly, was jailed on Wednesday by a judge who told him he would stay behind bars until he paid off the debt.
Last month the R&B singer was charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of four women, including three who were minors when the alleged crimes were committed.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Kelly spent a weekend in jail after being arrested last month and was only freed when a 47-year-old suburban Chicago
business owner posted his $100,000 (£77,000) bail.
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