The R&B singer handed himself in on Saturday morning.
R. Kelly’s bail has been set at $1 million (€881,715) after handing himself in following multiple counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Three of the alleged victims are aged between 13 and 17.
On Friday night, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Kim Foxx announced that 10 counts were made against the 52-year-old singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly.
According to Sky News, if found guilty, Kelly could face a maximum of 70 years in prison.
It has been reported that R. Kelly made no statement and answered no questions as he left the court.
Attorney Michael Avenatti had previously handed over a tape to the State’s Attorney’s Office which he claims shows Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
“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. He also said that Foxx’s investigation was “very thorough … dedicated and methodical.
During an interview on SiriusXM’s The Karen Hunter Show, Avenatti stated that he’s currently working pro bono for two victims, two parents, and two informants who were a part of Kelly’s inner circle.
“I’m very satisfied today as a father, as a lawyer, as a guy that believes in right and wrong and justice, that the day of reckoning has come for R. Kelly. He will, he will not survive this. The evidence is significant. It is insurmountable and I’d be very surprised if after he is convicted, if he ever walks another day free for as long as he lives, and frankly that would be justice in this case because this guy is a predator who is preyed on, again, some of the most vulnerable individuals in our society and he deserves to go away for a very long time,” said Avenatti.
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