R&B singer R. Kelly was released from a Chicago jail Saturday after someone paid $161,000 in back child support for his ex-wife. Cook County…
R&B singer R. Kelly was released from a Chicago jail Saturday after someone paid $161,000 in back child support for his ex-wife.
Cook County sheriff’s spokeswoman Sophia Ansari told The Associated Press that she did not know who made the payment.
It came three days after a judge ordered Kelly jailed until he paid the total amount he owed by that date.
His release follows a rough week for Kelly. The singer made headlines for his explosive interview with CBS‘ Gayle King, his first talk since being charged with 10 counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse. And hours after the interview aired Wednesday, he landed back in jail for the second time in three weeks after failing to pay the overdue child support.
The full amount was owed to his ex-wife, Andrea „Drea“ Kelly, with whom he has a 20-year-old daughter, Joann, and two teenage sons, Robert Jr.
