R. Kelly is a flight risk and a danger to the community, U.S. Department of Justice Attorneys argue in a court motion filed Friday (April 17) asking a federal judge to keep the singer in prison pending trial.Prosecutors fired back after Kelly made a second emergency plea to the New York court on Thursday to release him from prison amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The singer’s latest bid came 10 days after the NY Federal Court shot down his previous request to be released pending trial.In opposing Kelly’s release, U.S.
Attorney Richard P. Donoghue says that not only does the singer not have any underlying medical conditions, but also that he is a flight risk and a danger to the community.