R Kelly arrest warrant issued after singer fails to turn up to prostitution court hearing
AN arrest warrant has been issued for R Kelly after the disgraced R&B star failed to show up for a court hearing today.
Kelly was charged in Minnesota in August with soliciting the girl after meeting her before a concert in Minneapolis.Prosecutor Judith Cole told Judge Jay Quam during Thursday's hearing that federal authorities in Illinois were "not willing to give us access to him" until his case there is resolved.Kelly's attorney Steve Greenberg, who didn't attend the hearing and isn't officially registered in the Minnesota case, said they never got notice of it.
The singer made a formal request to be removed from solitary confinement and put in the general population.
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