The state of policing 1 year after George Floyd's death A mural of George Floyd is shown in the intersection of 38th St & Chicago Ave on March 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community members continue preparations during the third day in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with multiple counts of murder in the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Keilar rolls the tape on the Covid-19 'lab leak' theory Faulty redactions show more info seized in Giuliani investigation than previously disclosed WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 01: President Donald Trump's lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to journalists outside the White House West Wing July 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. 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After listening to nearly four hours of legal arguments, the Senate has voted on Tuesday to move ahead with the impeachment trial of former President Trump. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Report: US companies may have benefited from forced labor of Uyghurs WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the conflict in the Middle East from Cross- Hall of the White House on May 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Israel and Hamas announced that they would agree to a cease-fire, which will take into effect on Friday, following days of fighting that claimed more than 200 lives. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) SAN JOSE, CA - MAY 26: A view of the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light-rail yard where a mass shooting occurred on May 26, 2021 in San Jose, California. A VTA employee opened fire at the yard, with preliminary reports indicating nine people dead including the gunman. (Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty Images) Interest in vaccinations increased after mask guidance, data says A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) 'Never seen levels like this': Union president on airline passenger misconduct Memorial Day weekend will bring rain and cool air for much of the East NEW YORK, NY - JULY 14: Singer R. Kelly attends the Ovadia & Sons front row during New York Fashion Week: Men's S/S 2016 at Skylight Clarkson Sq on July 14, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) (CNN) — R. Kelly left Chicago’s Cook County Jail on Monday afternoon after posting bail in his sexual abuse case. Kelly, one of the most successful R&B artists of all time, was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of four victims, prosecutors said. His attorney, Steve Greenberg, pleaded not guilty on his behalf. Kelly turned himself in to Chicago police on Friday following his indictment. He was unable to post the $100,000 bail until Monday. R. Kelly stands accused of aggravated sexual abuse against four women, three of whom were children at the time of the alleged incidents. He has strongly denied the accusations and pleaded not guilty Monday to all charges through his attorney. Matt Marton/AP R. Kelly, right, leaves Cook County Jail with his attorney Steve Greenberg on Monday. Lawyer says there’s more video evidence against Kelly Three of the accusers were underage at the time of the alleged crimes. Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents one of the accusers, said new witnesses and more videos indicate Kelly “deserves to be locked up for the rest of his life.” “Over the weekend, we have encountered a number of additional witnesses who we have interviewed, who we are in the process of preparing to meet with prosecutors,” Avenatti said Monday. “Each of these witnesses describe a decadeslong system of abuse by Mr. Kelly of underage girls.” Avenatti said two more videos incriminate Kelly – in addition to one previously viewed by CNN that shows a man who appears to be Kelly performing sex acts with a girl. The first video shows actions that mirror some of the alleged acts for which Kelly was arrested on child pornography charges in 2002. Kelly was acquitted six years later. On Monday, Avenatti said a second video was turned over to prosecutors. “The videotape depicts Mr. Kelly engaged in illegal sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. It is approximately 55 minutes in length,” Avenatti said. “It leaves no question as to Mr. Kelly’s guilt on the tape.” He said he has also learned of a third video, but wouldn’t specify what was on it. Kelly’s attorney warned against judging his client too quickly. Greenberg said he hasn’t seen the videos and can’t confirm whether Kelly is in them. “All of this is ridiculously premature,” he said. Attorneys duke it out over credibility The alleged abuse took place over 12 years, Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx said. She said one of the alleged victims gave authorities a shirt she wore during an alleged encounter with Kelly, which later tested positive for Kelly’s DNA. Prosecutors say there is a video that shows multiple sex acts, allegedly with Kelly and a girl who repeatedly refers to her 14-year-old genitalia. But Kelly’s attorney said he doesn’t believe the accusers. “I believe all the women are lying,” Greenberg said. Avenatti fired back at Greenberg, calling his statements “outrageous and completely unprofessional.” “Had these victims not been black, and had they not come from – in many cases – disadvantaged households,” their claims would have been taken more seriously, Avenatti said. The singer faced eviction from his studio On Saturday, Kelly’s bond was set at $1 million. To leave custody, he had to pay 10% of the total, or $100,000. But Kelly’s lawyer said he “really doesn’t have any money at this point.” He cited “mismanagement,” “hangers-on” and “bad deals” as some of the reasons Kelly’s surprising money problems include go beyond his struggle to post bail. He risked eviction from his Chicago studio last month because he owes more than $166,000 in unpaid rent. Court documents show a judge signed an eviction order in January. The documents show Robert needed to move out on or before January 21. But Kelly was still at the studio minutes before he turned himself in to police on Friday night. The eviction process began in July 2018 when the landlord, Midwest Commercial Funding LLC, said Kelly defaulted on the lease by initially failing to pay more than $79,000 in rent. The back rent continued to pile up, and the judge finally signed off on an eviction. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kelly also owes a Georgia property management company more than $31,000 in past due rent payments for two homes in suburban Atlanta. Kelly owed thousands in unpaid child support, too According to court documents reviewed by CNN, Kelly owed more than $169,000 in unpaid child support to his ex-wife as of February 6. The court ordered Kelly to make a monthly payment of $20,833 on January 8, 2009, but Kelly failed to show up to that hearing, the documents state.<doc-sep>CHICAGO — R&B star R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Monday to a series of sexual-abuse charges involving minors, and after posting bond in the afternoon was released from jail, authorities said. Kelly walked out of Cook County Jail on Monday evening with his attorney, Steve Greenberg, who said the R&B star would likely return to his apartment at Chicago's Trump Tower. Kelly, 52, wore an orange jumpsuit with DOC on the back for his brief court appearance. The singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, surrendered to police Friday. Hours earlier, prosecutors unsealed his indictment on 10 counts of felony aggravated sexual abuse involving four alleged victims, three of whom were younger than 17. Each count carries a prison sentence of three to seven years if convicted. R. Kelly leaves Cook County Jail with his defense attorney, Steve Greenberg in Chicago on Feb. 25, 2019. Kamil Krzaczynski / Reuters Kelly's bond was set at $1 million Saturday, meaning he had to come up with 10 percent in cash before being released. There had been a question if Kelly needed to make good on $161,663 in child support dues before posting bail, but lawyers agreed he could post bond even with that debt looming over him. Kelly was held in the hospital area of the jail. "He's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances," Greenberg said. "The jail staff has been great; they got him at the hospital unit, not because he's sick or anything like that but because that’s the most secure place for him to be, and he's certainly hoping to get out of jail." California attorney Michael Avenatti on Friday claimed that his office gave prosecutors video recordings of Kelly having sex with one of the victims, a 14-year-old girl. I can confirm that we will be providing a second video showing R. Kelly engaged in sexual assault of a minor to prosecutors this morning. This tape was recently uncovered in connection with our ongoing nationwide investigation on behalf of victims. Justice must be done. — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) February 25, 2019 Avenatti, who was in court for the hearing Monday, told reporters afterward that he had handed over to prosecutors another tape uncovered by his investigators of Kelly allegedly "engaged in sexual assault of a minor." This recording is 55 minutes, was shot around 1999 or 2000 and shows the defendant having sex with the girl, according to Avenatti. It wasn't immediately clear if this new footage is of the same alleged victim or another one from Friday's indictment. Avenatti did not explain how he came to have the recordings, saying only: "We're getting our hands on these tapes through the 10-month investigation that we've undertaken on a pro-bono basis around the country." "This man deserves to be locked up for the rest of his life," Avenatti said. "This reign of abuse and assault by Mr. Kelly is about to come to an abrupt and permanent end." Kelly has consistently denied any wrongdoing in previous allegations made against him over the years. He 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 in January with the airing of a Lifetime docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly." Jerhonda Pace, who appeared in the series and claimed she was sexually abused by Kelly as a teenager, attended Monday's hearing in Chicago. The six-part docuseries had interviews with numerous women who accuse Kelly of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Sony Music parted ways with Kelly after "Surviving" aired. Meanwhile, separate from Kelly's criminal prosecution, a Michigan woman has filed a civil lawsuit against him, claiming she had sex with him when she was a minor. Heather Williams, 36, said she was 16 on May 26, 1998, when she was walking down a street in Chicago when Kelly approached her and asked if she wanted to appear in a music video, according to her lawsuit filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court. They began having sex in June that year and continued until she was 18 or older, according to her complaint. Williams’ lawyer, Jeffrey Deutschman, declined to say if his client is the alleged victim identified as “H.W.” in the criminal complaint against Kelly. The lawyer told NBC Chicago: "I have encouraged my client to cooperate fully with the state's attorney's office and the police department in the criminal prosecution, as I think that's the best chance for justice that she or any other woman can get." Puskar and Petty reported from Chicago; Li from New York<doc-sep>What was R. Kelly's first stop following his release from jail in Chicago Monday evening? McDonald's. The embattled R&B singer, 52, stopped by a Golden Arches downtown after posting bail following multiple charges of criminal sexual abuse, to which he pleaded not guilty. The AP reported that Kelly, who was in sunglasses, a tan coat and a black hoodie, had been filmed ordering food and settling into a booth with his entourage. A fan yelled, “I love you! I love you! I love you!” as the singer left the restaurant and stepped into a Mercedes van. Later, aerial footage showed Kelly entering a cigar bar in the city’s ritzy Gold Coast neighborhood. Kelly might have spent a fourth night in jail if a 47-year-old woman from the Chicago suburb of Romeoville, Illinois, had not posted his $100,000 bail, which accounts for 10 percent of the $1 million dollar bond. She identified herself as a "friend" of Kelly's in court documents, according to The Chicago Tribune. The terms of Kelly's release prohibit him from having any contact with females under the age of 18. Attorney Michael Avenatti, who discovered a sex tape cited in the singer's indictment, pointed that out in a tweet Tuesday morning, writing, "Upon being released from jail on bond, R Kelly promptly went to the same McDonalds that he preyed on underage girls at for years and proceeded to meet and take pictures with underage girls in violation of his bail conditions." USA TODAY has reached out to the Cook County Sheriff's Office for comment on Avenatti's allegation. Dream Hampton, whose "Surviving R. Kelly" docu-series helped revive prosecutorial interest in the case, recently told NPR that the singer "would cruise McDonald’s near high schools and have someone from his team go up to a girl, get her number." Shortly after Kelly's release, Ratiopharm arena, a German concert venue located in the Bavarian city of Neu-Ulm, announced it was canceling his scheduled April 12 performance. "Regarding the new and objective facts, we have decided to cancel the contract," the venue wrote on social media. The arena asked fans to seek reimbursement for their purchased tickets from the tour's organizer. R. Kelly is also scheduled to make another German tour stop at Hamburg's Sporthalle on April 14. The venue attempted to cancel the show prior to his Friday arrest but was not able to pull the plug in time. Kelly's Monday began with a court appearance, where he pleaded not guilty to 10 felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He appeared in an orange jumpsuit during his arraignment on four separate indictments. The indictments describe the case of four women – three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged sexual abuse. Kelly, who was acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008, has denied wrongdoing. His defense attorney, Steve Greenberg, says he's confident the singer will be vindicated. In addition to entering a plea, Kelly learned who would be handling his trial: Cook County Associate Judge Lawrence Flood. The singer's next court date is March 22. Meanwhile, Avenatti said Monday that his team had turned over a second sex tape featuring Kelly with a 14-year-old girl. However, he didn't say whether she is the same girl from the first tape he announced on Feb. 14, which the indictment documents cited as evidence for some of the charges against Kelly. "This tape was recently uncovered in connection with our ongoing nationwide investigation on behalf of victims,” Avenatti tweeted Monday. "Justice must be done." Halfway across the country in Los Angeles, Gloria Allred, another media-savvy attorney aiming to take down Kelly, introduced another client: Lizzette Martinez, 41, who claims she was in an abusive sexual relationship with Kelly from the time she met him in a mall at age 17 in 1995 until four years later. "The years of him preying on young women have gone on for far too long," Martinez said at a press conference in Allred's office. "Robert Sylvester Kelly must be held accountable for the many lives he has ruined." Allred, who says she represents multiple accusers of Kelly, six of whom have gone public, took Martinez before media cameras to fire back against Kelly's lawyer, Greenberg, who has been saying for weeks that Kelly denies all allegations of non-consensual or underage sex, and that all of his accusers are "lying." Martinez called Greenberg "irresponsible." "The only person lying is your client, which he has done for more than 20 years," she said. When asked why she is coming forward more than two decades later, she said, "I have a daughter and I felt like I had to be transparent and vocal about what happened to me to save others." Martinez told her story in the film "Surviving R. Kelly," which aired on Lifetime last month. She is not one of the four accusers named in the Chicago indictment against Kelly. Allred declined to let her explain why she couldn't escape Kelly during that period, in what state the alleged abuse took place, whether there is a statute of limitations or even what exactly she expects to happen to Kelly. She said she would be willing to testify against Kelly at a trial if a judge allows testimony of "prior bad acts" witnesses against the singer. Allred wouldn't say whether she has any video evidence of Kelly allegedly abusing any of her clients but if she did, she said pointedly, she wouldn't share it with the media or with anyone else other than law enforcement. After Avenatti announced three weeks ago that he had discovered a video of Kelly allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl (one of the four accused named in the indictment), the 1999 video was leaked to CNN, which announced that it had viewed the tape and graphically described it. Avenatti insisted to USA TODAY he did not leak the tape. But ever since then, he and Allred, who both represent Kelly accusers, have been obliquely sniping at each other over protecting accusers from being publicly identified. Contributing: Associated Press, Cydney Henderson<doc-sep>
EMBED >More News Videos Take a look back on the history of sex abuse allegations against singer R. Kelly. EMBED >More News Videos Reporter Jim DeRogatis spoke about R. Kelly's indictment. EMBED >More News Videos R. Kelly turned himself in to Chicago police Friday night, and will remain in police custody at least until his bond hearing Saturday. EMBED >More News Videos R. Kelly is expected to post bond Monday. He is also scheduled to appear in court Monday. EMBED >More News Videos Take a look back on the history of sex abuse allegations against singer R. Kelly. EMBED >More News Videos Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced charges against R. Kelly Friday in a press conference. EMBED >More News Videos City inspectors say singer R. Kelly has not complied with their order to clear what appear to be bedrooms in his near West Side studio space. CHICAGO (WLS) -- R. Kelly posted bond and was released from Cook County Jail Monday afternoon. Earlier he appeared in court in Chicago and his attorney entered a not guilty plea to sex abuse charges against the singer.Kelly posted four instances of $25,000 bail - 10 percent of each $250,000 bond amount the judge placed on each charge - for a total of $100,000 bail on his $1 million total bond.Security and fans fought back cameras as they tried to clear a space for Kelly as he left jail.After three nights in lockup, Kelly's entourage picked up passengers and drove almost immediately to a popular River North McDonald's. There, he emerged in a tan hooded coat, ordered fast food, and sat and enjoyed it in public like any other customer on a Monday night.He was last seen heading into a Gold Coast cigar bar.Hours earlier, at his court appearance, Kelly wore an orange jumpsuit and held his hands behind his back during the proceedings. Kelly's case has been assigned to Judge Lawrence Flood and his next court date is scheduled for March 22.Kelly is facing 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse with four alleged victims including three underage girls. The Grammy-winning artist has sold more than 40 million albums in his career. "Our position at this point is that Mr. Kelly has done nothing wrong," said Kelly's attorney, Steve Greenberg. "No one has showed us any evidence that he has done anything wrong. "Greenberg said Monday he is not worried about additional charges coming against his client, and has not seen anything that leads him to believe his client has done anything wrong.Attorney Gloria Allred pushed back against R. Kelly's lawyer's assertion that the women who have accused the R&B singer of sexually abusing them are lying.Allred said at a news conference Monday in Los Angeles that she represents more than six women who say they were abused by Kelly.One of them, Lizette Martinez, said at the news conference that she met Kelly at a shopping mall when she was 17 years old and that he abused her from 1995 until 1999.When asked why she decided to come forward, Martinez said, "I'm a mom. I have a daughter. I felt like I had to be transparent and vocal about what happened to me to save others. I was hurt as a young girl. I don't want this to continue to happen, or to happen to anyone else. "Allred also said Kelly's accusers have been subjected to abuse by the singer's fans.The landlord at Kelly's West Loop recording studio claims he owes more than $174,000 in back rent, and earlier this month a judge ordered him to pay $161,000 he owes in child support. Judge Flood said he does not have to pay the back child support before he posts bond.Greenberg cited problems with getting money out of the bank over the weekend caused the delay in posting bond. He reiterated on Monday that child support payments owed in a civil case do not affect Kelly's ability to post bond.While behind bars, Kelly is being isolated from the general population in the jail. Greenberg said his client is holding up well. "No one wants to be in jail," Greenberg said. "He's strong. "Michael Avenatti, an attorney for some of the alleged victims, said he turned over more video evidence to prosecutors. "The videotape depicts Mr. Kelly engaged in illegal sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl," Avenatti said. "It is approximately 55 minutes in length. The conduct in the tape can be described as nothing short of outrageous, illegal.