It is either the Hollywood fame did nothing for R Kelly or the guy didnt know how to save or invest, because the guy was unable to pay
Ksh16,050,090 he owed for child support. Luckily someone was compassionate enough to step up and pay for him, he is now out.
A smiling Kelly briefly spoke to reporters outside, saying: “I promise you, we’re going to straighten all this stuff out. That’s all I can say right now. I promise you.”
Cook County sheriff’s spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said that the outstanding fee had been paid by a mystery source.
The judge overseeing the case previously said Kelly would be jailed if he failed to hand over the full amount.
Kelly, real name Robert Kelly, had been sent to jail on Wednesday after falling behind on the payments to his ex-wife.
After the hearing, his publicist Darryll Johnson told reporters that Kelly was prepared to hand over up to Ksh5,981,400 of the money on Saturday.
He said: “He came here in good spirits expecting to walk out. He came here to make some arrangements with what he had.”
Johnson added the singer was “depressed, deflated, [and] upset” about being sent back to jail.
Kelly is currently embroiled in a legal fight as he faces 10 charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four women, three of whom were minors.
His jailing came just after he opened up about the charges for the first time in a shocking TV interview.
Kelly went on CBS’ This Morning to deny the allegations and ended up being restrained by security guards as he exploded at host Gayle King.