The Grammy-winning singer was sentenced to 30 years behind bars last year.
, including racketeering and violating the Mann Act, which bars interstate transportation of women and girls for “immoral purposes.”on six child pornography and trafficking charges. He is set to be sentenced on February 23.As a result, Foxx said the Cook County State office would not “expend our limited resources and court time with the indictments that we previously charged [against] Mr. Kelly.”
R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years behind bars in 2022 for sexually abusing women and underage girls and boys.The singer faced charges including 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, relating to allegations made by four women in Cook County. Three of the women were underage at the time of the alleged crimes.
“We have a significant number of cases and survivors who are equally in need of the resources that have been expended on Mr. Kelly’s cases,” Foxx said, adding that the limited resources they have should be used for similar cases state-wide.“[The decision] is not an indication that we don’t see them,” Foxx said of Kelly’s accusers.
Kelly is also facing state-level charges in Minnesota after being accused of soliciting a minor for sexual purposes and engaging in prostitution with a minor.
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