The Chicago prosecutor earlier dropped sex-abuse charges against R. Kelly.
R. Kelly is no longer facing sex-abuse charges in Chicago after a prosecutor decided to drop several pending charges.
However, the news is not swinging the mood of the famous singer as he still has plenty of other troubles.
Kelly's attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, tells TMZ she spoke with Kelly after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced she no longer would pursue the case because the disgraced R&B star has already been convicted in two federal courts of similar crimes and "is looking at the possibility of never walking out of prison again."
Bonjean tells TMZ, “There is no real sense of relief. He is still fighting for his life. He is facing decades in prison." But, she added that Foxx made "the right move" with her decision.
The Chicago prosecutor earlier dropped sex-abuse charges against R. Kelly.
The Cook county state’s attorney Kim Foxx, who disclosed this on Monday, said the decision followed federal convictions in two courts that ensure the disgraced R&B star would be locked up for decades.
Robert Sylvester Kelly is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and sex offender convicted of racketeering and multiple sex offenses.
The Guardian reports that Foxx announced the decision a day ahead of a court hearing related to state charges accusing the singer of sexually abusing four people, three of whom were minors.
According to the report, Foxx said she would ask a judge to dismiss the charges at Tuesday’s hearing.
She acknowledged that the decision “may be disappointing” to women who stepped forward to accuse Kelly of crimes.
“Mr Kelly is looking at the possibility of never walking out of prison again … We believe justice has been served,” Foxx said.
Since Kelly was indicted in Cook county in 2019, federal juries in Chicago and New York have convicted him of a raft of crimes, including child pornography, enticement, racketeering and sex trafficking related to allegations that he victimized women and girls.
The singer is serving a 30-year prison sentence in the New York case and awaits sentencing on February 23 in Chicago federal court. He is appealing those convictions. Based on the New York sentence alone, the 56-year-old won’t be eligible for release until he is around 80.
Another sexual-misconduct case is pending in Hennepin County, Minnesota, where the singer faces solicitation charges. That case has been on hold while the federal cases played out.