Singer R. Kelly waves to fans June 13, 2008 as he leaves the courthouse after being acquitted on 14 counts of child pornography. (Credit: CBS)
CHICAGO (CBS) — R&B star R. Kelly underwent emergency throat surgery this week, and his publicist says he will be laid up indefinitely.
Publicity agency 42 West said Kelly underwent surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Tuesday to have an abscess on one of his tonsils drained.
He came to a specialist earlier Tuesday with a severe sore throat, and was rushed to the hospital for surgery following an exam.
Kelly just finished the U.S. leg of his worldwide “Love Letter” tour, but it is not known when he can go back to performing, 42 West said.
The Chicago native, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was in the headlines just last week for a $2.9 million foreclosure lawsuit on his house in south suburban Olympia Fields.
Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily reported that Kelly has not made a monthly mortgage payment since June of last year on the mansion, located on Maros Lane. Thus, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. filed a foreclosure complaint in the Chancery Division of Cook County Circuit Court last month, Crain’s reported.
A new scandal has also dogged Kelly. Last month, his former manager Jeff Kwatinetz sued him for $1 million, on the grounds that Kelly used Kwatinetz’s commission to settle sexual misconduct allegations, TMZ reported.
Most notoriously, Kelly was acquitted in 2008 of child pornography charges, after being accused of videotaping himself having sex with and urinating on an underage girl. The case took six years to go to trial.
22 Comments
Deserves what he gets!
July 20, 2011 at 10:49 am
LOL! Karma is going to bite you right in the a**, sir.
July 20, 2011 at 8:19 pm
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BLUNTS ARE BAD FOR EVERYONE BUT BONGS OR TOP PAPERS ARE THE ANSWER
July 20, 2011 at 11:56 am
Report the truth, not what a Public Relations person is telling you. Kelly is having surgery to remove his foot from his mouth. Let’s see if he stiffs paying NorthWestern Hospital.
July 20, 2011 at 12:50 pm
I think he’s having a testicle removed.
July 20, 2011 at 1:03 pm
I think his head went too far up his as$
July 20, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Be carefull Northwestern, His attorneys are the Adams family. Don’t want to be sued if he loses his voice forever. Not that he was a singer to begin with.
July 20, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Please get better and sing your heart out because this world needs you.May God Bless you.Love PIPPI
July 20, 2011 at 1:37 pm
I hope this child molesting pervert dies on the operating table and then all the surgeons urinate on him.
July 20, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Lame pothead, are you mad that you’re currently living in your mom’s basement doing nothing with your life but trolling the net?
July 20, 2011 at 8:21 pm
OPQ , Mom and dad have been dead for years. I stand by what I said about the baby raper. IDIOT !
July 21, 2011 at 7:40 am
He doesn’t pay his mortgage, who is going to pay his hospital bill?
July 20, 2011 at 1:49 pm
He doesn’t pay his mortgage, who is going to pay his hospital bill?
July 20, 2011 at 1:50 pm
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WHY IS IT EVERY TIME A BLACK CELEBRITY GOT SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM THEY BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT IT THEN THE MEDIA GOES STRAIGHT TO THE NEGATIVE PART ABOUT THEM. BUT WHEN ITS A WHITE PERSON THEY TALK ABOUT WHATS GOING ON WITH THEM THEN THEY TALK ABOUT ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THEY HAVE DONE. LEAVE R. KELLY ALONE YEAH HIS HOUSE IS IN FORECLOSURE BUT I BET HE HAS BOUT4 OTHER HOUSES THAT YALL DONT KNOW ABOUT. WHILE YALL LIVING IN ONE HOUSE THAT COST 230,000. R. KELLY GOT THAT JUST ON THIS TOUR ALONE ON THIS TOUR. STOP DOGGING PEOPLE OUT AND WORRY ABOUT WHO’S NEXT TO GET KILLED IN AMERICA.
July 21, 2011 at 12:11 am
People who say “YALL” are ignorant.
July 21, 2011 at 9:08 am
Wveow, someone else who notices the HUGE double standard in media reporting and coverage! The person could have just died, be releasing a new movie, putting out a brand new album, or get a great sports contract and up comes crackerbarrel. Laying out anything bad about them there ever was instead of focusing on the event! When Elizabeth Taylor died (and yes I do love her), they never mentiioned any scandal nor did they dare bring up any such association with Michael to keep her beloved memory sweet, but with black actors and etc, the rush to bring up every scandal they ever had!
July 22, 2011 at 7:38 am
AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING NEGATIVE COMMENTS. WHAT IF THAT WAS UR BROTHER THAT WAS GOING IN THE HOSPITAL. WOULD U LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE NEGATIVE IMAGES ON SOMETHING THATS WRONG WITH THEM. YEAH HE IS ACUSSED OF DOING WHAT THEY SAY HE DID. SO WHAT, BLOGO, TRIED TO SELL THE PRESIDENTS SEAT AND YALL STILL STOOD BEHIND HIM AND WAS SAYING THAT HE WAS INNOCENT. SO STAY OFF HIS BACK
July 21, 2011 at 12:19 am
Dj, I don’t quite see the comparison between selling a senate seat and fu#@ing children, Besides I’m worried that he will talk the hospital in placing him in the PEDIATRIC unit.
July 21, 2011 at 1:49 am