R Kelly has sold 75 million records worldwide in his career and some of the most iconic hits of his generation, but he is broke because he has been paying off all his accusers and their family and friends for so long.
An artist like himself should have no problem coming up with $100k, but he is having a hard to scraping that up or getting help from anyone.
R. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse.
His attorney Steve Greenberg entered the plea for Kelly in a Chicago courtroom Monday. Greenberg also told the judge that Kelly has turned in his passport — though the 52-year-old hasn’t been able to post bail yet.
On Saturday, Kelly’s bond was set at $1 million. To leave custody, he’d have to pay 10% of the total, or $100,000.
But Kelly couldn’t come up with the cash. He’s had a spate of financial problems, including unpaid rent and unpaid child support.“This is someone who should be wealthy at this stage of his career,” Greenberg said last week.
He cited “mismanagement,” “hangers-on” and “bad deals” as some of the reasons Kelly “really doesn’t have any money at this point.”
Two of the women who were at the center of the Surviving R Kelly documentary Joycelyn Savage & Azriel Clary whose parents believe Kelly has brainwashed them are still supporting him even though he is in jail.
Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary had questions hurled at them as they walked from the courthouse moments after Kelly’s bail was set at $1 million.
Savage was asked if she was planning on reconnecting with her family, or heading to Atlanta, but she said nothing. The girls were also asked if Kelly had abused them, but the singer’s handlers screamed “no comment” and tried to block camera shots with umbrellas.
As we reported, Savage was sitting front row in the courtroom when Kelly appeared in bond court, and she was joined by Clary. Both girls have claimed to be in consensual relationships with the hip-hop star, despite their families believing they have been brainwashed into joining Kelly’s alleged sex cult.
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