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R. Kelly’s effort to get out of federal jail due to his coronavirus fears was nixed Tuesday on grounds he had demonstrated “no compelling reasons” for a temporary release and he remains a “flight risk.”
“While I am sympathetic to the defendant’s understandable anxiety about COVID-19, he has not established compelling reasons warranting his release,” ruled U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.
Kelly’s lead attorney, Steve Greenberg, emailed a face-palming emoji symbolizing disappointment in response.
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