Reporting by: Dennis Byron
Hip Hop Enquirer has just received the arrest mugshot of singer #rkelly who surrendered to police several hours ago. We are outside police headquarters right now. R. Kelly is scheduled to appear in front of a judge to see if he will be granted a bond.
On February 22, 2019 Robert Kelley was taken into custody at the Chicago Police Departments 1st District located at 1718 S. State Street at approximately 8:14 p.m. after being indicted by a Grand Jury in Cook County.
R. Kelly‘s maintaining his innocence despite being charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse, but he thinks he’s screwed anyway … because he’s already lost in the court of public opinion.
Sources close to the singer tell TMZ … he believes it will be impossible for him to get a fair trial in the aftermath of Lifetime’s docuseries, “Surviving R. Kelly,” and nonstop media coverage — especially in Chicago.
As one source put it … “There isn’t a person in Cook County who hasn’t heard all the hateful things said about him.”
We’re told R. Kelly believes … even if he presents evidence proving his innocence, the jury will still find him guilty. Our sources say he’s moved on from panic attacks and has been in a depressed meltdown for days.
Cook County prosecutors hit R. Kelly with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse Friday morning. There are a total of 4 alleged victims, 3 of whom were between the ages of 13 to 16.
Source: TMZ
