R. Kelly Released From Jail

Courtesy CBS

R. Kelly has been released from a Chicago jail on March 9, 2019 after Cook County sheriff's spokeswoman Sophia Ansari says someone paid $161,000 in back child support for him. She did not know who made the payment.

  

It came three days after a judge ordered Kelly jailed until he paid the total amount he owed by that date.

He said, "I promise you, we're going to straighten all this stuff out." He said he couldn't say anything more.

  

Kelly was charged last month with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse pertaining to four women, including three who were minors when the alleged abuse occurred. He has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

  

Kelly spent a weekend in jail after his arrest last month and wasn't freed until a 47-year-old suburban Chicago business owner posted his $100,000 bail.

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