A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays.
Kelly has been held in Chicago, where he's facing a potential second trial in the fall in a separate federal case related to a wide-ranging sex crimes investigation.
The trial in Brooklyn federal court had been put off because of the pandemic. But at a virtual hearing, US District Judge Ann Donnelly told lawyers that there are courthouse protections in place that would allow it to finally go forward on August 9.
The judge also said the government should start preparations to move Kelly to a New York jail, most likely the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. The exact timing was unclear.
