R. Kelly Back In Custody After Child Support Hearing

CHICAGO — Singer R. Kelly was taken into custody Wednesday for failure to pay $161,000 in child support, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Kelly had been out on bail since his Feb. 22 arrest after he was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Kelly was ordered to pay the child support to his ex-wife by the time a family court hearing was held Wednesday in Daley Center; however he failed to settle the balance and was taken into custody.

"He came here in good spirits, expecting to walk out," publicist Darrell Johnson told reporters at the Daley Center."He came here to make some arrangements with what he had, I think it was $50,000 or $60,000 that he was willing to pay."

Kelly's supporters are working to get him out of jail by paying the $161,000 by next Wednesday, according to a CNN report.

Kelly gave his first interview on "CBS This Morning" since being charged last month with sexually abusing a woman and three underage girls between 1998 and 2010. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. Each count carries a possible sentence of three to seven years in prison if he's convicted.

"All of them are lying," he said in a segment of the interview broadcast Wednesday. "I have been assassinated."

Kelly has continued to deny doing anything against a person's will, and maintains that social media is to blame for the accusations.

For decades, the singer has been accused of sexually abusing young girls. In 2008, the singer was acquitted of child pornography charges.

After the docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly" came out in January, County State's Attorney Kim Foxx called on any women with allegations against Kelly to come forward.

Kelly is scheduled to appear back in court for the child support case on March 13.

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