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R. Kelly's court fight over child support shrouded in secrecy

CHICAGO - Singing superstar R. Kelly walked into Cook County family court last week a free man. He was led out in handcuffs. What happened in between is shrouded in mystery.

Unlike the criminal sex abuse charges he faces, Kelly's routine case in divorce court has been kept almost entirely secret - with little public evidence that it even exists.

The swarms of reporters who have followed Kelly since his criminal indictment were shut out of the hearing on March 6 when Judge Lori Rosen ordered him jailed for failing to pay child support. They were

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