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R. Kelly Arrested for Failure to Pay $160,000 in Child Support

HeadlineMar 07, 2019

In Chicago, police arrested R&B singer R. Kelly Wednesday, charging him with failure to pay more than $160,000 in child support. Kelly’s arrest came less than two weeks after he was arrested and charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault against four women and girls—three of whom were under the age of consent at the time. His arrest Wednesday came just hours after he was seen screaming and cursing during an interview with Gayle King broadcast on ”CBS This Morning.”

R. Kelly: “I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me! I’m fighting for my [bleep] life! Y’all are killing me with this [bleep]! I gave y’all 30 years of my [bleep] career!”

Gayle King: “Robert.”

R. Kelly: “Thirty years of my career, and y’all are trying to kill me!”

Click here to see our interview with dream hampton, executive producer of the six-part Lifetime documentary series 'Surviving R. Kelly.'

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