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R. Kelly’s Lawyers Allowed To Bail On Alleged Pied Piper Of R&Pee Before BK Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Even R. Kelly‘s lawyers have had enough of the guy. A judge has allowed a couple of the disgraced singer’s lawyers to withdraw from representing him during his upcoming trial in Brooklyn for sex trafficking, amongst other charges. On Thursday, July 15, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly granted a request from two of R. Kelly’s lawyers, Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard, to be allowed to withdraw from the case. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the singer’s team of lawyers have had a falling out, with Greenberg and Leonard telling the judge it was “impossible” for them to continue repping the “I Believe I Can Fly” crooner. R. Kelly’s now-ex lawyers first made the request in June, and issued a statement to the press. “Ultimately, a...
R. Kelly’s New Defense Attorney Requests To Delay Racketeering Trial Date
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: E. JASON WAMBSGANS / Getty R&Pee singer R. Kelly finally has new legal representation after his old team dumped him last month. As the racketeering trial date fast approaches, they’re requesting a delay fearing there won’t be enough time to prepare for their day in court. According to Law & Crime, the delay request cites that attorney Deveraux L. Cannick has limited access to Kelly due to the current conditions of his incarceration paired with pandemic restrictions. The obstacles make it difficult to fully dive into his “massive discovery” before the trial date next month. “We write to request a delay in the commencement of Robert Kelly’s trial,” Cannick wrote in a motion to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. “While he i...
R. Kelly’s Defense Team Wants His Trial Delayed Due To Jail Conditions
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty The defense team for disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is seeking to have his sex trafficking trial delayed due to factors arising from recent changes to the group of lawyers. In a motion written and filed on Monday (July 5) with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, attorney Deveraux L. Cannick asked for a delay because he has recently joined the legal team defending the singer. “While he is anxious to move forward and address the charges against him, it is my considered view that given my limited access to him as well as circumstances of his detention, I simply do not have enough time to adequately meet with him and also digest the massive discovery,” Cannick stated. Cannick partially cites the current COV...
R. Kelly Transferred From Chicago Prison To New York Ahead Of Trial
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Imprisoned R&B singer R. Kelly has been transferred from a Chicago facility to a detention center in Brooklyn, N.Y. ahead of his sex crimes trial there. Kelly is now being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) and he’ll face trial starting this summer. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, Kelly 54, has been held at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center for almost two years, adding that Kelly’s stay at the MCC has been replete with some issues that include him being attacked by an inmate among other concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Kellly will face racketeering charges in New York, and this request was known for quite some time, this ...
R. Kelly’s Lawyers In Racketeering Trial Request To Stop Representing Him Because Duh
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Robert Kelly is dripping in wack juice and can’t get it off. So much so his lawyers want to withdraw from his New York racketeering case. ABC 7 Chicago is reporting that the disgraced crooner’s legal team is asking to be removed from his trial in The Big Apple. According to the court filings, Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard want to be excused from representing R’uh. They formally submitted a letter to a judge to justify their plea. “Our reasons for withdrawal are significant and it is impossible, in our belief, for us to be able to continue to properly represent Mr. Kelly under the current circumstances,” the document read. Mr. Greenberg explained their position in a stateme...
R. Kelly Associate Pleads To Guilty To Setting Azriel Clary’s Car On Fire
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections It is all seemingly crumbling down for R. Kelly’s operation. A member of the crooner’s crew has admitted to torching a vehicle with the hopes of intimidating a witness. As spotted on Vulture an associate of the disgraced singer copped out to some very serious charges including setting Azriel Clary’s car on fire. On Monday, April 19 Michael Williams pled guilty to the act that left her SUV that was parked at her Kissimmee, Florida home torched. According to defense lawyer Todd Spodek, Williams took a plea deal that essentially got his witness tampering charges dismissed. “The plea agreement is fair in that the witness tampering charge as it relates to R. Kelly will be dismis...
Pied Piper of R&Pee & Alleged Herpes Spreader R. Kelly Gets Both COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty While millions of people are still looking for a way to get the COVID-19 vaccination to keep themselves from falling victim to the raging pandemic, sexual predator/pedophile, R. Kelly can count himself safe from the Rona as he’s gotten both shots while behind bars. TMZ reports that the “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number” writer has just received his 2nd shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Bureau of Prisons at MCC Chicago after getting the first shot back in January. Wait, huh?! We get that celebrities and millionaires are jumping to the front of the lines to get themselves vaccinated, but how’d a disgraced pariah of a has-been get to be blessed with protection from a deadly virus while serving his prison sentence? What about the frontline workers and older adul...
R. Kelly’s Trial Postponed Again Until August Due To COVID-19
Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections R. Kelly’s future continues to hang in the balance now that a judge has postponed his trial again, citing delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. PageSix reports that the disgraced singer was scheduled to face trial in Brooklyn for charges of racketeering and sex trafficking in two months, but will now have to wait to appear in court. “We are scheduled for an April trial date but I suspect it’s not going to come as a surprise that that is not a date that is going to work given the current conditions,” Brooklyn federal Judge Ann Donnelly said during a hearing held by phone. For the trial to happen, a series of safety provisions are needed for the laundry list of logistics require...
Pied Piper Of Prison: R. Kelly Shares “Shut Up” Song From Jail For His Birthday
Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Robert Kelly is hanging on to his self proclaimed title of being King of R&B; even from the bing. He has rereleased a tune for 2021. As spotted on Page Six the Chicago native celebrated his 54th birthday in the best way he could considering he is behind bars. On Friday, January 8 he posted a song called “Shut Up” to his social media channels. The 2014 track reminds his haters, doubters and naysayers to mind their business when it comes to laundry list of accusations that he defiled several underaged women. “After 22 years of a blessed career/ Had me lying in my hospital bed crying mad tears/ But just as I have many people hatingme, Had so many people loving me/ And let’s not forget the hood ...
Azriel Clary Says Black Community Victim-Shamed Her After R. Kelly Split
Source: Fox Soul / Youtube At just 23 years of age, Azriel Clary has endured a lifetime of stress and strife but thankfully, she hasn’t let it dull her shine. However, in a new interview, Clary stated that members of the Black community turned their backs on her after she split with her alleged abuser, R. Kelly. Clary sat down with Fox Soul’s Out Loud with Claudia Jordan program for a video chat that was published on Wednesday (Dec. 30), detailing her life’s happenings since going public with her split from Kelly and sharing her survival story. While Clary has promised to deliver a tell-all in some form, she gave glimpses of her left after Kelly, highlighting that she was victim-shamed by the very people that should have protected her. “A majority of the backlash that I received was from t...
Woman Sues R. Kelly For Medical Records, Says He Gave Her Herpes
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty It’s been a minute since we’ve heard anything on the legal troubles R. Kelly is facing for his alleged abhorrent behavior and perverted way of life. But this week the disgraced platinum selling singer got slapped with a new lawsuit from a victim who wants some retribution for the damage he inflicted on her life. According to Page Six, Faith Rodgers is taking the “I Wish” singer to court demanding he turn over his medical records about his STD status after alleging that Kelly gave her. Rodgers claims that the 53-year-old deviant carried on a year-long relationship with her in which he would lock her up whenever she didn’t sexually please him “adequately” and eventually learned she had contracted herpes. Rodgers has asked the Manhattan Supreme Court to force t...
Good Luck With That: R. Kelly’s Sex Trafficking Trial Is Set For April
Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Robert Kelly will finally have the chance to legally clear his name. A judge has scheduled his trial for early 2021. As spotted on Page Six the disgraced singer’s battle for freedom is set for April. On Thursday, November 19 a judge scheduled his sex trafficking and racketeering case to commence next year. According to the article jury selection will start April 7, by the order by District Judge Judge Ann Donnelly. This jury is set to be anonymous and partially sequestered. “The government has established that empaneling an anonymous and partially sequestered jury is warranted,” wrote Donnelly. She also noted that United States Marshals would escort the panel in and outside of the courthouse in orde...
