Chicago: A US judge set a USD 1 million bail for R&B superstar R Kelly on Saturday after prosecutors laid out in graphic detail what they said was his long history of sexual abuse of four victims, three of them minors. Kelly, who is known for hits like “I Believe I Can Fly,” surrendered to police late Friday. He is charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against the four females, one of them as young as 14 at the time of the alleged crimes.
In setting bail, Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr. ordered Kelly to not have contact with anyone under 18 years old, and to not have contact with any of the alleged victims or witnesses. The singer was required to relinquish his passport.
Prosecutors described a video showing Kelly repeatedly having sex with the 14-year-old, DNA evidence from another victim’s shirt that they said matched Kelly’s and semen from a second victim that preliminary tests showed appeared to be his.
