According to reports, R. Kelly's charges in Cook County have been dropped due to "extensive sentences" in his federal cases.
Cook County’s state attorney Kim Foxx said it wasn't a proper use of public funds considering that Kelly had already been convicted twice on the federal level on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York last year.
“We have a significant number of cases and survivors who are equally in need of the resources that have been expended on Mr. Kelly’s cases,” said Foxx, arguing that the limited state funds be used for cases similar to Kelly's across the state.
“[The decision] is not an indication that we don’t see them,” Foxx said in reference to the disgraced singer's accusers. “I want to acknowledge that when we brought these charges… we brought them because we believed the allegations to be credible and we believed that they deserved the opportunity to have the allegations heard.”
Source: Nypost.com
