File: Singer R. Kelly
Chicago, IL. (77WABC)- Jailed R & B singer R. Kelly is slated to face trial Aug. 9th in Brooklyn Federal Court on sex trafficking charges.
A federal judge cleared the way Thursday for Kelly to be moved from Chicago, where he remains held, to the Big Apple to face trial this summer.
Kelly has been held in Chicago, where he’s facing a potential second trial in the fall in a separate federal case related to a sprawling sex crimes investigation.
The trial in Brooklyn federal court been delayed several times because of the pandemic. But the judge said on Thursday that it would finally go forward on Aug. 9.
Kelly has denied charges he sexually exploited women and girls.
