Minnesota authorities are charging singer R. Kelly with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a girl under 18 for an alleged incident in 2001.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says Robert Kelly is charged in an incident involving a girl he met at a concert. Freeman says the girl was trying to get an autograph from Kelly, and he gave her the autograph and a phone number.
The prosecutor says when the girl called the number she was invited to Kelly's hotel, offered $200 to take off her clothes and dance. He says Kelly took his clothes off and they danced together.
Freeman says his office investigated after getting a tip from a Chicago tip line.
Kelly's attorney Steve Greenberg tweeted: "Give me a break. This is beyond absurd"
Last Friday, R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually exploited young women and girls who attended his concerts.
The R&B singer was denied bail Friday in a Brooklyn federal courtroom packed with his supporters.
Prosecutors argued that the 52-year-old poses a flight risk and a danger to the community.
His defense attorneys sought his release so that he could better fight charges they have dismissed as "groupie remorse."
Kelly is accused of using his fame to recruit young women and girls into having illegal sexual activity. Prosecutors say he isolated them from friends and family and demanded they call him "Daddy."
Court papers say he paid for one of them to travel to a Long Island show in 2017 and gave her a sexually transmitted disease.
Defense attorneys say the alleged victims sought out Kelly's attention and "pined to be with him."
Kelly also faces child pornography charges in Chicago. (AP)Â
