R. Kelly pleads not guilty to sexual abuse charges

CHICAGO - R&B superstar R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he sexually abused four women, including three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged assaults, over a span of a dozen years.

Kelly, clad in a bright orange jail uniform and clasping his hands behind his back, looked on as his attorney, Steven Greenberg, entered the plea on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Cook County Associate Judge Lawrence Flood, who has been on the bench since 2001 and assigned to the Leighton Criminal Court Building for more than