R. Kelly has asked for another delay in his sex trafficking trial in New York after he was forced to quarantine for 14 days on arrival in his new jail.
Lawyers for the disgraced singer, 54, argued they have not had enough time to prepare for a hearing on August 9 because of the mandatory prison quarantine following his transfer from Chicago.
In a letter Monday to US District Judge Ann Donnelly, lawyer Deveraux Cannick wrote that Kelly's quarantine ending today has exacerbated a 'herculean effort' to get up to speed after their June 21 hiring.
Cannick argued Kelly's new lawyers have not been able to meet with him in person because of the quarantine and that proceeding with the R&B star's trial as scheduled would rob him of effective and meaningful representation.
Kelly, 54, is accused of leading an enterprise made up of his managers, bodyguards and other employees who helped him recruit women and girls for sex.
Federal prosecutors say the group selected victims at concerts and other venues and arranged for them to travel to see Kelly. The Grammy Award-winning singer denies ever abusing anyone.
Disgrace singer R. Kelly has asked for another delay in his sex trafficking trial in New York after he was forced to quarantine for 14 days on arrival in his new jail
The disgraced singer is awaiting trial on an array of sex trafficking charges in New York and o Chicago. The 54-year-old's New York City trial begins August 9. Pictured, in September 2019
Kelly, whose legal name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was placed in quarantine when he arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on June 22 from Chicago, where he was being held on similar charges.
Today marks 14 days since Kelly's transfer to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, the same jail as Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam who is also awaiting a sex trafficking trial.
'Robert is anxious to have his day in court; however not at the expense of his Sixth Amendment rights,' Cannick wrote, saying the request was not a
