Chicago Prosecutor to Drop Sex Abuse Charges Against R. Kelly, Citing Long Federal Sentence
R. Kelly.Photo: Jason Wambsgans-Pool/GettyIllinois prosecutors are opting to drop state sex-abuse charges against disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly, according to astatement from the Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, who cites Kelly’s decades-long sentences in his New York and Illinois federal cases as to why the state charges are being dropped.“Today, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced that her office is dropping counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges against Robert Kelly involving four victims,” the Jan....