R. Kelly Is Again Trying To Use The Coronavirus Get Out Of Jail Free Card
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April 17, 2020
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R. Kelly is trying to get out of jail under the guise of coronavirus, again. His first attempt failed, but his lawyers argue that his situation has changed since there are now six confirmed COVID-19 cases among inmates at the jail where R. Kelly awaits sentencing. There are also seven prison employees with the illness.
Kelly is facing sex trafficking charges in New York and federal child pornography charges out of the US Northern District of Illinois. He is currently being held without bail.
As we reported … the judge denied his first release request earlier this month, saying the singer failed to explain how he wasn’t still a flight risk.
Kelly’s got a retort for that now, too — he claims if he tried to run he would be “the most obvious and recognizable person on the streets of Chicago, or anywhere else in the country, in light of the severe stay-at-home restrictions.”
Further, Kelly says there are no flights for him, he’s afraid to fly, and he doesn’t have a passport or the means to fly.
According to the docs … he’d also agree to 24/7 surveillance and GPS monitoring to make sure he doesn’t go anywhere other than home or meet with anyone other than his lawyers.
The judge has yet to make a decision.
Prosecutors oppose his release. They maintain he is a flight risk since he has the money to leave the country. He has made $200,000 in royalties so far in 2020.
Okay, I have a few thoughts. First, there is no way someone with this many serious charges should get out of jail because of a virus when bail has been previously denied.
What an ego Kelly must have to think he is the MOST obvious and RECOGNIZABLE person in Chicago or ANYWHERE in the country. Who is he crapping? He had some good music a long time ago, but I could walk past him at the local mall and be clueless. I can think of many more recognizable Chicagoans. For example, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Brian Urlacher, Michael Jordan, Khalil Mack, and more. And if we expand this countrywide, the list of people more recognizable than Kelly is endless. Talk about delusions of grandeur.
I find it laughable that he claims to be afraid to fly. Did he not jet around the country when he was a big star doing concert tours? Did he ever perform overseas? How ironic that the man best-known for his hit “I Believe I Can Fly” is scared to fly. Even if he is, I think in order to avoid the rest of his life in prison, he might suffer through one flight to get the hell out of Dodge.
Finally, who is still buying this man’s music and supporting him? While he has not yet been convicted, he has a long history of these types of accusations. If the accusations are true, the man is utterly depraved. Can we please stop rewarding him?
R. Kelly Requests Jail Release Again, Says He's Too Famous for Flight Risk https://t.co/31iOD3dM9k
— TMZ (@TMZ) April 17, 2020
