Just when u thought it couldn't get any weirder...read on:



R. Kelly's Kindergarten Concert
Mon Jun 10, 7:00 PM ET
By Marcus Errico

R. Kelly's first post-arrest concert might get him in a heap of trouble.

Just hours after the singer was arrested by Chicago police, rung up on child-pornography charges and released on bail, he reportedly performed with a group of kindergarten students--seemingly a violation of a judge's order barring Kelly from coming into contact with any unrelated minor.

Kelly, 35, was booked Friday in his hometown on 21 counts of child pornography stemming from a much bootlegged underground videotape purportedly showing him having sex with a 14-year-old. The Grammy winner faces up to 15 years in prison and a $100,000 fine if convicted. Kelly has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence.

Following his processing at a police station, according to the Chicago Tribune, Kelly was accompanied by his lawyer, Ed Genson, and spiritual adviser, the Reverend James Meeks, to Meeks' parish, the Salem Baptist Church, where a group had gathered to sing a Kelly composition with the beleaguered songsmith.

Included in the group of about 1,000 people were two dozen kindergarteners. Kelly led the group in the performance.

Apparently, the mini-concert isn't sitting too well with Chicago prosecutors. After Kelly was arrested at his home in Florida last week, he appeared before a local judge to post bond so he could return to Chicago to face the charges. At that hearing, Polk County Judge Karla Wright set the terms of the bond, one of which called for Kelly to stay away from underage children not related by blood or marriage.

The Chicago-based prosecutors in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office tells the Tribune they had been notified of Kelly's appearance with the children and that prosecutors will in turn bring it up before a judge to determine whether Kelly has violated the order.

But Kelly's lawyer Genson says his client did nothing wrong. Genson tells the paper that the order only applied to the Florida bond. "When he surrendered in Chicago, the Florida bond was no longer valid," he tells the Tribune. "There were no conditions on the Illinois bond."

Kelly, who paid $75,000 in cash to make his $750,000 bond, is scheduled to be back in court on June 26.

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My how the mighty have fallen...this is all so sad.

NOOO

#&)%&#)%^#^#@+#@($@)&)_&*!!!

This guy just might be the dumbest person on the face of the planet...

its just sad...with all the "women" he could've had, he seems
to feel more comfy around teens...SAD !!

The man is allowed to go to church isn't he?
It's not like some moron is going to leave their kid with him while he's out on bail.

Just wondering: did anyone consider Elvis a pedophile when he started dating Priscilla at 15 in Germany(laws in Europe may be different, but a 15 yr old is a 15 yr old right?)

or when Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 yr old niece? I think some states protested his shows, but i'm fairly certain it was because it was his niece, not b/c of her age.

mrchristian said:

True, but that should be for worship services and counseling. And while this ain't the Catholic Church, religious institutions in general seem to have difficulty protecting children from alleged pedophiles. (The whole JW thing, Dr. York/Nuwaubians down in Georgia, etc.)



Why not? Moronic parents left their daughters with him in Chicago, knowing all along what his reputation was.



Probably not, but should they be the new standard?

i suppose it depends on how you worship. Some pray, some hear a sermon, some sing. But they did say something about that it was a Florida ruling, not an Illinois ruling, so who knows?

i feel sorry for R kelly hes gonna be like michael now...sure it will pass but noone will ever forget.

R Kelly for me lost it anyway after 12 Play. A few singles here and there but he's gone down hill. As far as his personal life, I'm guessing he never got laid when he was younger, that last song on 12 Play is about how nobody dug him until he was famous. So now he's trying to relive his childhood with girls he never slept with, when he could be gettin quality women his own age or at least 21. The guy is sick. He's been caught many times so there's no hope for him.

NuPwrSoul said:

Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old second cousin...didn't you see the movie "Great Balls Of Fire"