R. Kelly has been released from jail after posting bail.
The 52-year-old was released from custody on Monday after spending three nights in jail, during which time his associates and family members gathered the $100,000 necessary to bail him out.
Kelly was seen wearing the same outfit he wore on Friday when he turned himself into police: a black hoodie and pants, along with a blue jacket and white shoes with no laces.
He appeared to share a laugh with his lawyer as they approached reporters and photographers outside of the jail.
The singer is then seen getting into a black, unmarked van as he left the facility.
Hours earlier, the R&B superstar stood in a Chicago courtroom wearing an orange jumpsuit as his lawyer entered a non-guilty plea, three days after the musician turned himself in.
Singer R. Kelly (pictured, leaving jail) has been released from jail after posting bail
The 52-year-old was released from custody on Monday after spending three nights in jail, during which time his associates and family members gathered the $100,000 necessary to bail him out
R. Kelly was seen wearing a black hoodie and pants, along with a blue jacket and white shoes with no laces
The singer is then seen getting into a black, unmarked van (pictured) as he left the facility
The R&B superstar pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sex abuse against four victims, three of them minors.
Kelly's bail had been set at $1 million, of which he was required to pay 10 per cent.
Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr imposed a bond of $250,000 for each of the four women the embattled R&B singer, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, is accused of abusing.
Kelly's lawyers had asked for a lower bond amount, arguing that the defendant's finances are a mess in part because he was recently dropped by his record label.
He also had to surrender his passport even though his attorney, Steve Greenberg, said Kelly is not a flight risk, telling the judge: 'Contrary to the song, Mr Kelly doesn’t like to fly.'
Bond was set after prosecutors laid out the stunning allegations against Kelly in graphic detail. Three of the four cases involved women who were underage.
Kelly reportedly kept his eyes locked on the courtroom floor and looked dejected as Lyke Jr called the allegations 'disturbing'.
Greenberg maintained the chart-topper's innocence.
'Mr Kelly's done absolutely nothing wrong,' he told journalists.
Michael Avenatti - the high-profile lawyer representing at least two of the alleged victims - said his team had turned over a second, 55-minute-long tape to prosecutors that depicts the artist 'engaged in illegal sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl'.
'The conduct in the tape can be described as nothing short of outrageous and illegal,' the lawyer told reporters.
Avenatti earlier this month gave Chicago prosecutors approximately 40 minutes of previously unreleased footage of Kelly allegedly having sex with a young teenager.
He said his team was in the process of obtaining a third tape of a similar nature, and that additional witnesses had come forward over the weekend.
'This reign of abuse and assault by Mr Kelly is about to come to an abrupt and permanent end,' Avenatti said.
Kelly - best known for hits such as 'I Believe I Can Fly' - is next due in court on March 22.
Lizzette Martinez, an alleged underage victim of R. Kelly, speaks alongside lawyer Gloria Allred in Los Angeles
Kelly surrendered to Chicago police Friday, after a documentary series refocused attention on decades of accusations against him, including possession of child pornography, sex with minors, operating a sex cult and sexual battery.
After a dramatic trial, Kelly was acquitted in 2008 of child pornography charges, also in Chicago.
The new 10-count indictment included three people who were minors aged between 13 and 16 when the alleged abuse occurred.
Kim Foxx - the state's attorney for Cook County, which includes Chicago - told journalists the alleged crimes occurred between 1998 and 2010.
The charges carry three to seven years of prison time each.
Kelly's lawyer said the charges were based on old and false accusations, adding that 'all of the women are lying.'
Kelly surrendered to Chicago police Friday, after a documentary series refocused attention on decades of accusations against him, including sex with minors
Lizzette Martinez - who detailed allegations against Kelly in the docu-series and is now a client of prominent women's rights lawyer Gloria Allred -- lashed out against Greenberg's comments, calling them 'irresponsible'.
'I'm a mother and I have a daughter,' said the 41-year-old who says Kelly abused her between 1995 and 1999.
'I felt like I had to be transparent and vocal about what happened to me, to save others,' Martinez said when asked by journalists in Los Angeles why she came forward.
'I was hurt when I was young,' she said.
The artist infamously is known for marrying his protege Aaliyah in 1994, when the late R&B star was 15.
Kelly, then 27, had produced the teenage singer's debut album titled 'Age Ain't Nothing But a Number.' Their marriage was later annulled, and Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001.
Despite the slew of disturbing claims against him, the award-winning musician has continued to perform for years and maintained a solid fan base.
Last month's release of the explosive 'Surviving R. Kelly' series once again brought accusations against him to the fore, however, while a #MuteRKelly movement aimed at preventing his music from airing has gained steam.
Lisa VanAllen, who spoke out against Kelly in the 2008 criminal trial and again in this year's documentary, wrote in The New York Times she had feared no vindication would come for 'a young, struggling, black girl victim like me.'
'It's been a long time coming, but here we are,' she wrote. 'More than 10 years after I nervously faced Rob in court, I know one thing: This will not end the way it did before. It cannot.'
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Main photo article R. Kelly has been released from jail after posting bail.
The 52-year-old was released from custody on Monday after spending three nights in jail, during which time his associates and family members gathered the $100,000 necessary to bail him out.
Kelly was seen wearing the same outfit he wore on...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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