R. Kelly is back in police custody over unpaid child support payments

Kelly, who also faces numerous charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, reportedly owes his ex-wife nearly $200,000 in child support.

March 06, 2019
R. Kelly is back in police custody over unpaid child support payments R. Kelly arrives at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division. March 6, 2019.   JOSHUA LOTT/AFP/Getty Images

R. Kelly was "taken into custody" by Cook County Authorities after a hearing on Kelly's allegedly unpaid child support, according to the Associated Press and The Chicago Tribune.

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Kelly reportedly owes his ex-wife Andrea Kelly over $200,000. He was reportedly told last month that he could be sent to jail if he did not pay over $161,000 in the child support debts.

The R&B singer spent two days in jail after he was unable to post $100,000 bond following his charges of ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. He was released after a "suburban woman"posted the money for him.

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Kelly strongly denied the accusations of abuse levied against him in an interview with Gayle King on CBC This Morning.

R. Kelly is back in police custody over unpaid child support payments