HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE It appears that the saga of R. Kelly could be coming to a legal close if the charges he just received happen to stick. The troubled R&B singer turned himself in to authorities and the mugshot, as expected, illustrates the struggle. TMZ reports: R. Kelly just surrendered to police in Chicago … turning himself in after being charged with sexual abuse of 4 girls, at least 3 of whom were minors. The embattled R&B singer turned himself in Friday night at a Chicago police station. As we reported … prosecutors in Chicago hit Kelly with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse Friday morning, and 9 of the 10 counts involve alleged victims ranging in age from 13 to 16 years old. There are 4 alleged victims in total, and one of them is the subject of 4 different counts. As the outlet previously reported, attorney Michael Avenatti is representing one of the victims and has been vocally leading the charge to bring Kelly to justice. No comments have been made by Kelly’s legal team regarding the matter. — Photo: Getty<doc-sep>Watch : R. Kelly Charged With 10 Counts of Criminal Sexual Abuse UPDATE: R. Kelly was released from jail on Monday evening after posting $100,000 in bail. E! News can confirm the singer, who turned himself in to police on Friday, has left the facility and is ordered to return to court on March 22. _______ R. Kelly was issued a $1 million bond in a Chicago court on Saturday over charges that he sexually assaulted four women, including three teenagers. The 52-year-old Grammy-winning R&B star, whose real name is Robert Kelly, had turned himself over to police on Friday night after he was charged with a 10-count indictment. His lawyer Steve Greenberg has said Kelly is "an innocent man," adding, "I think all the women are lying." Kelly is accused of aggravated sexual abuse of four female victims, including three who were between the ages of 13 and 17 at the time, and prosecutors say the alleged incidents occurred as far as 1998. In court on Saturday, a judge called the allegations against the singer "disturbing." Kelly entered the courtroom wearing a black hoodie and dark pants and stood during the entire proceeding with his hands behind his back. He showed no emotion when a prosecutor read the charges against him, occasionally glancing at them or at the floor.<doc-sep>R. Kelly, who was indicted Friday afternoon on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four victims, turned himself in to a Chicago police station on Friday night. He is set to appear for a bond hearing on Saturday. The incidents — in which three of the alleged victims were minors — took place between 1998 and 2010. The victims were identified only by their initials in the press conference and legal documents. The indictment came just days after sex tape reportedly surfaced featuring Kelly engaging in sexual acts with an underage girl, according to CNN and the New Yorker. A grand jury was reportedly convened in the case in Cook County, Illinois, earlier this week, and TMZ reported early Friday that two women had testified. Kelly has multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him dating back 25 years, although he has never been convicted. Most recently, two women came forward in a press conference on Thursday, accusing Kelly of misconduct when they were 16 and 15 years old, respectively. “Surviving R. Kelly,” a harrowing docuseries that aired on Lifetime earlier this year, renewed interest in the allegations against Kelly. Following the release of the series, Foxx urged others with stories about the musician to come forward. In late January, she announced she received 12 responses about Kelly and was evaluating with her office on how to move forward with legal action. In a statement released to Variety on Friday, a rep for the Lifetime network said, “We are proud that Lifetime was able to provide a platform for survivors to be heard.” The surfacing of the alleged sex tape, which reportedly shows Kelly “sexually assaulting an underage girl,” seemed to push the case forward. CNN and the New Yorker reported on Feb. 14 that prosecutors were moving to indict him. Kelly has consistently denied any wrongdoing.<doc-sep>R&B singer R. Kelly turned himself in to Chicago police Friday night, hours after he was charged with multiple criminal counts of sexual abuse of several underage victims, police said. Kelly took a van from his recording studio to a Chicago police precinct at about 8:15 p.m. CST, according to NBC Chicago. He was put under arrest about 15 minutes later, and was expected to appear in court for a bond hearing Saturday afternoon, said Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Kelly, 52, faces 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in Chicago. A bond hearing for Kelly is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, and his arraignment is set for March 8. Steve Greenberg, R. Kelly’s attorney, told reporters late Friday, “Kelly is strong. He’s got a lot of support. And he’s going to be vindicated on all these charges.” R. Kelly, whose real name is Robert Kelly, was taken into custody at 8:14 p.m. on Friday. Chicago Police Department He said that he believed one of the accusers in the latest case was the same one involved in a previous acquittal, and that the artist shouldn't have to face similar charges. "Double jeopardy should apply," he said. Greenberg alleged that the star's accusers were trying to get on a "gravy train" to profit from his client. The indictment released on Friday listed four victims, at least three of whom were under 17 at the time they were allegedly victimized by Kelly. They were identified only by initials in the court papers. The alleged sex acts occurred between May 1998 and January 2010, prosecutors said. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx read Kelly's indictment during a brief news conference but left without answering any questions. Kelly's arraignment is set for March 8. He faces up to three to seven years in prison for each charge if convicted. California attorney Michael Avenatti said at a news conference Friday that he is representing a victim named in Friday’s indictment. He also claimed to have uncovered a tape of Kelly allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. The 40-minute-long videotape, turned over to Foxx earlier this month, allegedly shows Kelly engaging in various illegal sex acts in two separate occasions in the late 90s with a victim named in Friday’s indictment, the lawyer said. He declined to say whether his client and the girl on the tape are one in the same. “This tape leaves no question as to whether R. Kelly is guilty of multiple sexual, illegal acts against a 14-year-old girl,” he told reporters. “Repeatedly in the video, both the victim and Mr. Kelly, refer to the victim’s age as being 14.” "I am highly confident that at the end of this journey, R. Kelly will be convicted on multiple counts," Avenatti said. Greenberg said he has not seen the video: "They're walking around saying a tape exists. They can say whatever they want." Kelly, whose real name is Robert Kelly, was criminally accused of sexual misconduct in 2002, eventually tried on child pornography charges in the same case and cleared by a jury in 2008 on all counts. But allegations of sexual misconduct against the singer gained renewed attention this year with the airing of a Lifetime docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly" in early January. The six-part show contains interviews with numerous women who accuse Kelly of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Sony Music parted ways with the Grammy-winning artist in the wake of "Surviving." The singer and his lawyers have consistently denied any wrongdoing in previous allegations made against him over the years.<doc-sep>
R. Kelly Turns Himself In — See His Mug Shot R&B singer R. Kelly turned himself in at a Chicago police station Friday night, TMZ reports. His mug shot was released to "Extra" by the Chicago Police Department, showing Kelly looking blank-faced in a black hoodie. Chicago Police Dept. He had been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Chicago's Cook County. Court documents obtained by The Chicago Sun-Times indicate that Kelly's first court date is March 8. The Chicago Sun-Times reveals that prosecutors met with a judge who approved the arrest warrant for Kelly. The Cook County State's Attorney Office announced the charges at a press conference on Friday. Before the news conference, Kelly's attorney Steven Greenberg said that he hadn't been notified that his client had been charged. He has vehemently denied any wrongdoing by his client in the past. The news comes weeks after celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti handed over a sex tape to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. The video allegedly shows Kelly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Avenatti told CNN last week, “My client knows the identity of the girl and R. Kelly. He identified the two of them on the videotape. He worked for and has known R. Kelly for decades and he met the girl on a number of occasions." At the time, Greenberg told CNN, “We are unaware of any new information involving Mr. Kelly. We have not been contacted by anyone. We have not been informed about any new information by anyone and we have not been contacted by law enforcement." Two women have testified for the grand jury. One of the women provided physical evidence to back up her claims that she was underage when she and Kelly had sex between 2008-2010, TMZ reports. The other woman also offered knowledge of Kelly's alleged encounters with underage girls, and corroborated claims made in the reality series “Surviving R. Kelly.” Kelly has faced major backlash since the airing of “Surviving R. Kelly,” which accused him of assault, pedophilia, and running a sex cult. Famed attorney Gloria Allred is representing two new accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Kelly, Latresa Scaff and Rochelle Washington. At an NYC press conference Friday, the women gave detailed accounts of the night they met up with Kelly when they were teenagers.