R. Kelly has been denied pretrial release for a third time by a New York judge who ruled that being prediabetic is not a compelling reason for release.
This is Kelly’s third attempt since the COVID-19 outbreak to be released on bail pending trial. Judge Ann Donnelly issued her decision Friday (May 15), finding that Kelly’s "diagnosis of prediabetes — a relatively common and treatable condition — is not a ‘compelling reason’ for his release.”“I do not agree that a diagnosis of prediabetes presents a compelling reason for the defendant’s release,” wrote Donnelly in her decision.Donnelly says that while diabetes is a risk factor in contracting COVID-19, prediabetes -- “a condition that affects nearly one in three American adults” -- is not..