R. Kelly’s attorneys have filed a motion asking for the singer to be released on bond because, they argue, Kelly is within the group that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has categorized as “most-at-risk for contracting Covid-19.”
“The health risk to Mr. Kelly, because of his age and because of the multiple surgeries he has undergone — including a recent surgery while incarcerated — coupled with the conditions at the MCC (Metropolitan Correctional Center) as described below, necessitates his temporary release on bail until this pandemic has ended,” his lawyers said in a statement.
Kelly’s lawyers say that if bond were granted, he would be placed on home incarceration and would be electronically monitored.
The singer is currently being detained at the Chicago MCC where he is awaiting trial for multiple sexual abuse charges.
