Embattled singer R. Kelly is facing more legal troubles after a Mississippi sheriff filed a lawsuit against him for allegedly breaking up his marriage.
The singer is caught up in a whirlwind of sexual abuse charges as severally reported by The Sauce, and now a Mississippi Sheriff, who is suing R. Kelly for having an affair with his wife, is attempting to collect despite the singer currently being incarcerated.
The R&B mogul was sued by Kenny Bryant, a Mississippi sheriff back in 2017. The sheriff claimed that the singer ruined his marriage. He admitted that his wife, Asia Childress was with R. Kelly before they got married. However, he is suing for the extramarital affair that took place between R. Kelly and his wife months into the marriage after they started having marital issues. The affair began after Asia attended one of the singer’s concerts and the pair once again hit it off.
Kenny Bryant is suing R. Kelly for emotional, psychological, and financial loss stemming from the affair. However, the case is not proceeding as quickly as he would have hoped due to the singer’s current legal woes.
According to reports in light of the length of time, it may take for his case to be called up for a trial, he is asking for the judge to grant the default judgement based on the last set of documents filed to the court.
This comes only a couple of days after it was reported by CBS the ‘Ignition’ hitmaker had been denied bail on Wednesday (02.10.19) in his New York City sex-abuse case after a judge agreed with prosecutors that freeing him from jail would create a risk of him fleeing or tampering with witnesses. The judge also set a trial date in May 2020. This is the second trial he will face after a Chicago date was set for April 2020.
