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R. Kelly remains in a Chicago jail, seemingly “fighting for his life,” as he once told broadcast journalist Gayle King, one of his associates has decided to end his battle. Richard Arline Jr. recently pleaded guilty to bribing a witness, Page Six reported.
The 31-year-old admitted to his crime during a virtual hearing in a Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 2. “Me and another person offered Jane Doe money for her to not go forward with her complaint or testimony against Robert Kelly,” Arline Jr. told Judge Peggy Kuo during his allocution. “I knew what I did was wrong.”
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R. Kelly associate pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to bribe a witness in the singer’s sexual assault case in Brooklyn.
“Me and another person offered Jane Doe money for her to not go forward with her complaint or testimony against Robert Kelly,”
Richard Arline Jr., 31, admitted during a virtual hearing in Brooklyn federal court, per Page Six. “I knew what I did was wrong.”
We previously reported, three men connected to R. Kelly were charged last year in federal court for using threats and bribes to intimate several victims in the racketeering case against the singer.
The complaints listed Arline Jr.,