American R&B singer, R Kelly, has been arrested in Chicago on a federal grand jury indictment listing 13 counts including sex crimes and obstruction of justice.
The 52-year-old was arrested on Thursday.
US Attorney’s office spokesman Joseph Fitzpatrick said the R&B singer was taken into custody about 7 p.m. local time and was being held by federal authorities.
He was arrested after the federal indictment was handed down earlier Thursday in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois.
‘‘The counts include child porn, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice,’’ Fitzpatrick said, adding that further details would be released Friday.
The arrest makes the second time in 2019 that Kelly has been taken into custody in Chicago on sex charges.
He was arrested in February on 10 counts in Illinois involving four women, three of whom were minors when the alleged abuse occurred. He pleaded not guilty to those charges and was released on bail.
In May, Cook County prosecutors added 11 more sex-related counts against the R&B singer involving one of the women who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage.
