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R Kelly faces fresh prostitution charges involving a minor in Minnesota; Read Details
The singer, who is already facing heat for earlier indictments, has been charged for allegedly paying an underage girl to strip and then grope her in the Minnesota city in 2001.
Controversial singer R Kelly was slammed with sex crime charges yet again on Monday. The singer, who is already facing heat for earlier indictments, has been charged for allegedly paying an underage girl to strip and then grope her in the Minnesota city in 2001, state prosecutors announced, international reports stated. As per Page Six, R Kelly met the 17-year-old girl in July of 2001 when she asked the singer for an autograph at a promotional event. Along with the autograph, Kelly gave her his phone number and told her to call him.
The report further revealed that upon calling, the teenage girl was directed to the 52-year-old R&B vocalist's hotel room where he offered her USD 200 and told her to dance naked for him, an attorney alleged. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, however, said that Kelly touched her private parts but did not have intercourse.
The attorney added that teenage girl had confided in her older brother about the incident at the time, but "did not come forward until all these other allegations about R. Kelly" surfaced. She called a law enforcement hotline and narrated her account in January. R Kelly's lawyer Steve Greenberg was obviously up in arms about the allegations and tweeted, "Re: New charges @RKelly give me a break. This is beyond absurd.”
The 52-year-old singer is already facing 18 counts in federal courts in Brooklyn and Chicago, including kidnapping and sending child pornography across state lines, Page Six stated.
