R. Kelly ordered held without bond on sweeping new federal charges
CHICAGO - A federal judge ordered R. Kelly held without bond Tuesday in Chicago on federal charges he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to recover child-sex tapes and pressured witnesses to change their stories before his Cook County pornography trial ended in an acquittal a decade ago.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber means the beleaguered R&B singer will be taken to New York while still in custody to face a separate indictment alleging he sexually abused underage girls across the country.
