Chicago news: R Kelly lawyer shakeup permitted ahead of New York trial on racketeering
U.S. District Decide Ann Donnelly granted a request by Kelly’s prime two attorneys, Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard, of Chicago, to withdraw from the high-profile case amid a falling-out amongst Kelly’s crew of legal professionals. Greenberg and Leonard advised the choose it might be “inconceivable” for them to proceed representing Kelly.
Thursday’s listening to got here as attorneys continued with last preparations for Kelly’s long-delayed sex-trafficking trial, scheduled to start Aug. 9 in Brooklyn federal courtroom.
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling R&B singer is charged with main an enterprise of managers, bodyguards and different staff who helped him recruit ladies and women for intercourse. Federal prosecutors say the group chosen victims at live shows and different venues and organized for them to journey to see Kelly.
The case is barely a part of the authorized peril dealing with the singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly. He additionally has pleaded not responsible to sex-related expenses in Illinois and Minnesota. He denies ever abusing anybody.
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