Singer R. Kelly taken into police custody

Associated Press

CHICAGO

R&B star R. Kelly was taken into custody after arriving Friday night at a Chicago police precinct, hours after authorities announced multiple charges of aggravated sexual abuse involving four victims, including at least three between age 13 and 17.

The 52-year-old singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, was driven to the station in a dark-colored van with heavily tinted rear windows. The vehicle pulled up outside the precinct about 8:15 p.m., and a security detail for Kelly kept reporters and cameramen at arms’ length as he exited the side door.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted a short time later that Kelly was under arrest.

Kelly did not respond to questions from reporters as he walked inside the building. He was expected to be held overnight before an appearance today in bond court.

Cook County State’s Attorney’s Kim Foxx announced 10 counts Friday against the Grammy winner. She said the abuse dated back as far as 1998 and spanned more than a decade.

Kelly has been trailed for decades by allegations that he violated underage girls and women and held some as virtual slaves.