Cook County prosecutors won't say yet if they'll continue with case against R. Kelly
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Nearly a month after R. Kelly was convicted of multiple federal charges in Chicago, his attorneys were back in a Cook County courtroom, where the disgraced singer still faces state charges in sexual assault and sexual abuse cases involving four women, three of whom were girls at the time of the alleged abuse.
The first of those trials in Cook County court has been delayed multiple times due to the pandemic, and a new trial date still has not been set.
Kelly himself was not at Thursday's hearing, where Cook County prosecutors said they aren't ready to make a decision if they will continue pursuing charges after Kelly was convicted in two earlier federal cases. Prosecutors said they were reviewing transcripts from Kelly's federal trial in Chicago, in order to help them file any necessary motions related to the state charges.
Another hearing on the state charges is set for Nov. 14, and Flood said if there are any motions filed before then that directly affect Kelly, the singer will be required to attend that hearing.
Kelly is already facing a 30-year prison sentence on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, after his conviction at a federal trial in New York last year.
He could face decades more in prison after his federal trial in Chicago this summer resulted in his conviction on three counts of child pornography and three counts of enticing minors for sex.