R Kelly requested to be released from jail due to fears over the spread of coronavirus. According to Fox News, the 53-year-old is currently in jail in Chicago on charges involving the sexual abuse of minors.
An 18-page court filing by R Kelly’s legal team states his life is being put ‘at risk’ due to the jail’s few health and safety efforts when it comes to dealing with the virus. ‘The health risk to Mr.
Kelly, because of his age and existing health issues, especially considering the conditions at the MCC, necessitates his release on bail,’ it states.
The Ignition singer’s lawyers claim that hand sanitiser and soap are sparse in the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC) and inmates are put in small cells with a cellmate despite social