Breaking: Cook County drops charges in 4 sex abuse cases against R. Kelly
"We do have a survivor who is disappointed that she would not have her day in court. Some of our survivors, some of those who have been named in our petitions, have had justice in courtrooms that are not here," Foxx said.
The Cook County indictment came weeks after the release of the bombshell docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly," and were the first charges brought against the singer since his 2008 acquittal on child pornography charges. "Due to the extensive sentences that these convictions hold, our office has decided not to continue to expend our limited resources and court time with the indictments that we previously charged Mr. Kelly," Foxx said. "Mr. Kelly is looking at significant jail time. We believe that justice and accountability has been served."
But, the Cook County cases faced delays because of the pandemic, and ultimately took a back seat to two federal trials that ended in conviction. One in New York was on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, for which he received a sentence of 30 years, and another was in Chicago last fall. It could add decades to his sentence."It does make sense to say, 'He's serving a 30-year term. He's about to serve another one,'" Soffer said.
"It's the right thing to happen. The charges, in my opinion, never should have been brought in the first place. They were in reaction to a lot of publicity," Steven Greenberg, an attorney for R. Kelly, said of Foxx's announcement.Kelly is scheduled to be sentenced in about three and a half weeks for his Chicago federal conviction. He is appealing both of his federal convictions
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