R. Kelly leaves jail after posting $100,000 bond, pleading not guilty to sexual abuse charges
CHICAGO - After three days in custody, R&B superstar R. Kelly walked out of Cook County Jail on Monday evening into a crush of reporters and onlookers - both apparent fans and detractors.
"R. Kelly! R. Kelly!" one young woman screamed as she tried to video-record the singer as he pushed through the crowd and into a waiting black van with tinted windows.
"He's nasty!" another woman yelled. "He's a (expletive) pedophile!"
Hours earlier, Kelly pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused four women, three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged assaults, over a span of a dozen years.
To win his freedom, Kelly needed to post $100,000
