It was just a week ago that <a href="/profile/RKelly" class="text-word" target="_blank" >R. Kelly</a>&#8217;s request to be released from prison during the Coronavirus pandemic<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/r-kelly-denied-prison-release-despite-coronavirus-fears-news.108035.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> was denied. </a>The r&#8217;n&#8217;b singer&#8217;s dark past finally caught up with him this past year, with a history of sexual abuse and underage girls coming to light. Now, he&#8217;s currently locked up at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center, awaiting trial.
On Thursday, Kelly&#8217;s lawyer renewed the singer&#8217;s request to be released from prison, citing six inmates and seven staff members who&#8217;ve tested positive for Coronavirus in the same facility he&#8217;s in. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly originally denied the request, saying that Kelly posed a flight risk, on top of her concern that he may intimidate witnesses, considering his past efforts to do just that.
Per Variety, Kelly&#8217;s lawyer, Michael I. Leonard, wrote in his request, &#8220;Inmates are reportedly banging on doors, walls, and windows begging for help. The only thing the MCC has done is lock things down, making conditions feel more like solitary confinement; and possibly, because of the nature of this virus, locking in healthy inmates with those who already have the virus but who may not yet be symptomatic.&#8221;
Leonard went on to cite that nationwide, 500 inmates have tested positive&#8211; &#8220;Based on all of the above, that Mr. Kelly will be infected with this deadly disease, is now unfortunately an absolute probability,&#8221; he stated.
Finally, he attempted to make a case for Kelly not being able to flee the country if he were released. Kelly&#8217;s attorney said that he &#8220;would be perhaps the most obvious and recognizable person on the streets of Chicago, or anywhere else in the country, in light of the severe stay-at-home restrictions that are and will continue to be in place and enforced.&#8221;
We&#8217;ll keep you updated on this latest request.
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