Back to court- R Kelly (above at his 2008 trial) has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse by the Cook County State's Attorney's office
R Kelly facing 70 years in prison as he is indicted on TEN counts of criminal sex abuse involving underage girls and a no bail arrest warrant is issued by Chicago cops amid claims of NEW rape tape
R Kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse by the Cook County State’s Attorney Office.
Records obtained by DailyMail.com reveal that most of the counts he was charged with on Friday involved girls who were between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time.
The fourth, who claims that she was assaulted by Kelly in 2003, was over the age of 18 at the time of the alleged offense.
Kelly, 52, will appear in bond court on Saturday and then be formally charged on court on March 8 according to court records.
And on Friday afternoon, Chicago police were handed a no bail arrest warrant to bring in Kelly after a judge signed off on the order.
Kelly has previously denied all allegations of assault and abuse through his lawyer, who was unaware of the charges against his client when contacted on Friday afternoon.
Aggravated criminal sexual abuse is a Class 2 felony with a sentencing range of 3-7 years in prison.
These new charges come one week after the emergence of a rape tape that allegedly features Kelly and a minor.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx spoke about the charges at a brief press conference on Friday.
She briefly went through the charges related to each of the four victims, using only initials to identify the women.
First was H.W., who was under the age of 17 between the dates of May 26, 1998 and May 25, 1999.
Kelly is charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for the alleged offenses involving that victim.
Foxx had made a very public plea for accusers to come forward last month, and there could be more charges to come.
This comes just one day after the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that Jussie Smollett had been indicted by a grand jury on a single charge of disorderly conduct for falsifying a police report.
The speed with which Smollett was indicted had led some to question why the State’s Attorney’s Office seemed to be taking their time with Kelly but rushing through the Smollett case.