R. Kelly has been taken into custody by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office during a hearing over his unpaid child support, as the Associated Press reports. The Chicago Tribune reports that Kelly owes over $200,000 to his ex-wife Andrea Kelly, and faced jail time if he wasn’t able to pay more than $161,000 today.
Just a day before his arrest Kelly, 52, was interviewed by CBS This Morning’s Gayle King, for the first time since his sexual abuse charges and being released from jail, In the interview Kelly is very emotional and looks frightened as if he knows his luck is finally running out. At one point, Kelly looks at the camera and screams that “it’s stupid” to think he would hold women against their will given his past. Each of the 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse Kelly is facing carries a possible sentence of three to seven years; probation without prison time is also an option.