Four years after filing the first in what became a wave of criminal charges against R. Kelly, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced Monday her office will no longer pursue four pending sex abuse cases against the Chicago-born R&B star.
Foxx, who years ago took the rare step of holding a press conference asking women who had been assaulted by the singer to come forward, told reporters Monday her office would not expend resources to prosecute Kelly. Months after his indictment in Cook County, federal prosecutors in Chicago and New York brought separate cases against the singer.
