R. Kelly is facing more trouble as federal prosecutors unveil new allegations of sexual abuse and accusations of bribery. According to The Chicago Suntimes, prosecutors in New York
said the R&B star collaborated with someone claiming to be a crisis manager and bribed a clerk in Cook County, Illinois in 2019.
Prosecutors, who recovered recordings from Kelly's phone, said the crisis manager told Kelly that he had paid a Cook County clerk $2,500 and obtained a “burner” phone for the clerk to help get information about the singer's legal trouble.
“That’s done,” the crisis manager said after allegedly paying the clerk. “You don’t know nothing.”
Kelly is also accused of paying an Illinois state employee in 1994 to create a fake ID for the late singer Aaliyah Haughton, who was 15 at the time. Prosecutors said Kelly married Aaliyah on Aug. 31, 1994 after obtaining the fake ID, aiming to make sure she could not be forced to testify against him.
The latest document also reveals details about Kelly's alleged encounter with a 17-year-old boy he met at a McDonald’s in 2006. The artist is accused of sexually abusing the boy after inviting him to his studio to help him with his musical aspirations. Prosecutors said Kelly later had another sexual relationship with a male friend of the 17-year-old teen. According to NPR, Kelly allegedly forced several other girls to have sex with the friend of the 17-year-old and filmed the incidents.
The disgraced artist is facing more backlash after the latest accusations.
RKelly sexually abused a 17-year-old boy he met at a Chicago McDonald's in December 2006, and also videotaped the boy having sex with others. Prosecutors looking to charge him for that and many other things he did to other women and victims. pic.twitter.com/RQ0ZIOooTG
— GOTC (@GOTCITYTEA) July 23, 2021
Social media users said they can't imagine how exhausted the singer's defense team must be at this point.
This how R. Kelly defense team look at him every time some new evidence comes out: pic.twitter.com/0uFmNyrvZq
— The Nostalgia Queen ➐ ???????? (@Snow_Blacck) July 24, 2021
Some Twitter users called out those who have been silent about Kelly's case before seeing the accusations involving the teenage boys.
Y’all when R. Kelly is accused of grooming and raping underage girls: “Them fast ass girls lying,” “Leave R. Kelly alone!” “But he made 12 Play!”
Y’all when R. Kelly is accused of raping underage boys: “CANCEL HIM!” “THROW HIM UNDER THE JAIL” “KILL HIM”
— Lipsey Hussle ???????????????????????? (@HennyNHandcuffs) July 24, 2021
Some people are finding it even more disturbing to see that Kelly still has supporters.
R.Kelly is a whole predator but because he makes good music delusional ass people defending him. pic.twitter.com/HH2NMLvMhL
— Still Alive♐️♒️♍️ (@MsJanebaby808) July 24, 2021
The general consensus from the public is that the artist has run out of evidence to prove his innocence.
All of the evidence that R Kelly lawyers are using to prove he’s innocent pic.twitter.com/d8dXI07jG2
— Rich (@UptownDC_Rich) July 24, 2021
Kelly, who is currently being held in Brooklyn, faces 22 federal criminal charges that involve allegedly abusing girls and women over the course of more than two decades. He is scheduled to appear for trial in New York on Aug. 9.