R. Kelly Begs The Court To Reduce His Child Support Back Payments

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R. Kelly arrives at the Daley Center for his hearing on March 6, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Kelly was in court after failing to pay more than $160,000 in child support
R. Kelly reportedly isn't down to pay the $161K he owes his ex-wife.

The R. Kelly situation is increasingly difficult to keep track of. After his interview with Gayle King, people are unsure who and what to believe. The majority of folks believe that the theatrics he pulled were a stunt, while some people are yelling out "Free R. Kelly" in the streets. Hopefully, more information is released during his trial. Until then, we're left wondering how this will play out. Kelly remains in jail right now for racking up a total of $161K in back child support. Apparently, his strategy to get out of this legal mess involves even more hysterics and crying in front of the judge because TMZ is reporting that R. Kelly is begging for his child support back payments to be reduced. 

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Yesterday, it was revealed that the singer only has $350K in his bank account. He was once worth over $150 million so to see such a dramatic decline is shocking. Kelly is reportedly trying hard to get the $161K that he owes Drea Kelly lowered dramatically. If that doesn't work out though, he's hoping that a third party can help him out again, like the daycare worker did when she bailed him out a few weeks ago. Obviously, he still has tremendous support from superfans so it probably wouldn't be too difficult to crowdsource nearly $200K to get him out.

Once the money has been raised, he will likely be released from jail.

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<b>Managing Editor</b> <!--BR--> Alex Zidel began working at HotNewHipHop as a Staff Writer in February 2018 before becoming the Managing Editor in June 2019. <strong>Favorite Hip Hop Artists:</strong> Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Young Thug, Frank Ocean.
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