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Kelly was indicted by a Cook County Grand Jury
on four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two counts
of criminal sexual assault by force and two counts of aggravated
criminal sexual abuse, documents posted on the newspaper's
website showed.
He was also indicted on three counts of aggravated criminal
sexual abuse against a victim between the ages of 13 to 16,
according to the documents. The allegations center on someone
identified only as J.P. in January 2010, with no other details
provided.
R. Kelly "was NOT charged with a new case. He was recharged in
an existing case, same alleged victim and time (a decade ago) It
changes nothing," the performer's attorney, Steve Greenberg,
wrote on Twitter.
"These are the same conduct, just charged differently, same
alleged victim, same time frame, same facts. We expect the same
results," he wrote.
Kelly has denied abuse allegations for decades. In 2008, the
singer was tried on child pornography charges and found not
guilty.
Kelly, 52, pleaded not guilty in February to charges that he
sexually assaulted three teenage girls and a fourth woman. The
charges were brought after seven women including his ex-wife,
appeared on a Lifetime television documentary and accused him of
emotional and sexual abuse.
He spent a weekend in jail on the sex charges before being
released on $100,000 bail on Feb. 25.
The new charges carry a sentence of 30 years for Kelly if he is
convicted, the Sun Times reported.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Howard
Goller and Grant McCool)
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