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R.Kelly Case Richard Arline Set to Plead
Guilty on Feb 2 to Trying to Prevent
Testimony
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Song
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FEDERAL COURT,
Feb 1 – There was an R.Kelly
arraignment amid the COVID-19
pandemic on April 30 before
U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Cheryl
L. Pollak. It
was short -
not guilty
plea - but
revealed that
the
Metropolitan
Correctional
Center in
Chicago has a
new medical
report on
R.Kelly that
may become
part of a
renewed bail
application.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it here;
more on
Patreon here.
Now on
February 1,
Inner City
Press is inferring
/ reporting
that Richard
Airline is set
to plead guilty
on February 2:
"Tuesday,
February 2,
2021
BROOKLYN:
2:00
P.M.
USA V.
ARLINE.
Criminal Cause
for
Pleading.*
Deft. –
Richard
Arline,
charged with
trying to
prevent the
testimony of
Jane Doe in
U.S. v Robert
Sylvester
Kelly.
United States
Magistrate
Judge Peggy
Kuo." Watch
this site.
On
September
29 there was a
proceeding in
which a
January 25, 2021
trial date was
floated.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it,
below.
Now in
October, R.
Kelly Judge
Ann M. Donnelly
has been
put in charge
of the cases
of
Donnell
Russell and
Michael
Williams,
transferred
from EDNY
Judges Roslynn
R. Mauskopf
(Chief Judge)
and Allyn R. Ross,
respectively.
Meanwhile,
Judge Donnelly
has granted
the
government's
request for an
anonymous and
partially sequestered
jury for the
R.Kelly trial.
Watch
this site.
From
September 29:
EDNY Judge Ann
M. Donnelly
projects a
January jury
selection, and
Jan 25
beginning of
testimony.
R.Kelly's
lawyer Anton
says he does
not anticipate
needing
interpreters.
Judge
Donnelly says
the trial is
estimated at
three weeks,
and that she
wants to "give
Mr. Kelly a
speedy trial."
She asks about
the
feasibility of
having four
lawyers at the
defense table,
given COVID.
His lawyers
asks for
another
scheduling
conference
next week
Judge
Donnelly: I've
heard that the
situation for
defense
lawyers
meeting with
their clients
is pretty good
in Chicago --
Defense lawyer
Greenberg: I
disagree.
Yesterday the
Internet
wasn't working
so we did it
by phone.
Judge
Donnelly:
Everything is
relative.
Judge
Donnelly: So
you all will
confer about a
trial date and
on discovery.
AUSA: And on
3500 material.
Judge
Donnelly: In
any kind of
complex trial,
we want to get
that as early
as possible,
beyond what
the statute
says.
Judge
Donnelly: We
need some lead
time to get
the jury
questionnaires
out. So write
to me about
that too.
Thank you, we
are adjourned.
Back on August
12,
this from
the EDNY US
Attorney's
Office (the
three unsealed
Complaints
are on Patreon
here)
-
"Three
separate
criminal
complaints
were unsealed
yesterday in
federal court
in Brooklyn
charging
defendants
Richard
Arline, Jr.,
Donnell
Russell and
Michael
Williams,
respectively,
with crimes
relating to
their efforts
to harass,
intimidate,
threaten or
corruptly
influence
individuals
named as
alleged
victims in the
racketeering
case against
Robert
Sylvester
Kelly, also
known as “R.
Kelly,”
currently
pending in the
Eastern
District of
New York...
On
August 14 at
11 a.m.,
Arline was
before
EDNY
Magistrate
Judge Peggy
Kuo (who arraigned
Donnell
Russell the
afternoon
before). Inner
City Press
again live
tweeted:
Judge
Kuo: You are
charged with
witness
tampering. Did
you get a copy
of the
complaint?
Arline:
Yes. And I
spoke with Mr.
de Castro
about it.
Cesar de
Castro: We
waive the
public reading
and waive to
the 30th day
[for
preliminary
hearing]
Judge
Kuo: I
understand Mr.
Arline is out
on bond of
$10,000 in the
Northern
District of
Illinois. EDNY
Pre-Trial
services wants
alcohol abuse
testing and
travel limited
to NY and IL.
AUSA:
We've agreed
to $75,000
bond, and no
contact with
Jane Does 1-5
AUSA:
I've provided
the names of
Jane Does 1-5
to the
defense.
De
Castro: Yes,
we have the
names. Kuo:
You are
limited to IL,
the Eastern
District and
New York City,
that's all.
[Seems to not
mention
Westchester
and other SDNY
counties]
Judge:
On alcohol
it's testing
and evaluation
and only if
necessary,
treatment.
Arline:
I agree.
Judge:
May I sign on
your behalf?
Arline: Yes.
Judge: OK, we
are adjourned.
Previously:
full
decision on
Patreon
here.
US
letter
and analysis
on Patreon here.
On April
30, R.Kelly was on the phone
from the MCC in Chicago to be
arraigned
EDNY Judge Cheryl
L. Pollak asked him, I take it
you speak English?
R.Kelly said,
clearly, Yes.
The judge asked
the prosecutor, Which are the
new charges?
The
Assistant US Attorney after
her computer froze then
unfroze said, 2, 3, 4 & 5.
Defense
lawyer Anton of Hackensack,
New Jersey turned it over to
Illinois lawyer Mr. Leonard.
The judge
said, It is impossible for Mr
Kelly to be transferred back
& forth to New York given
Covid-19.
Mr Leonard: We
enter a plea of not guilty.
The judge asked,
Mr. Leonard, you have no
concern if he understands the
charges?
Leonard: That is
correct.
Judge: You are
not making a bail application?
Leonard: Not at
this time. There is an issue
we wish to raise to you.
The MCC (Chicago) lawyer Mr.
Standeser-Malott told us they
have a new medical report on
Mr. Kelly. We'd like to have
it ordered, to be part of a
bail application later.
Judge: OK,
everyone stay safe. And it was
over. More on Patreon here.
On April 16
before EDNY District Judge Ann
M. Donnelly, Inner City Press
live tweeted it,
here.
More on Patreon here.
Now on
April 21, the prosecutors have
written to Judge Donnelly:
"Re: United States v. Robert
Sylvester Kelly Criminal
Docket No. 19-286 (S-3)
(AMD)
Dear Judge
Donnelly: On April
20, 2020, counsel for the
defendant Robert Kelly filed a
letter with the Court
indicating that he had been
advised the night before that
an inmate on the defendant’s
floor “had tested positive for
Covid 19 and been taken to the
hospital.” ECF Docket
No. 59. The letter
further indicated that
“counsel had reached out to
the correctional center this
morning to verify this
information but as of yet have
not heard back.”
Id. Following receipt of
defense counsel’s letter, the
government forwarded the
letter to legal counsel for
the Metropolitan Correctional
Center in Chicago, Illinois
(“MCC Chicago”) and sought
confirmation regarding whether
the information in the letter
was accurate. Yesterday,
legal counsel for MCC Chicago
confirmed that an inmate on
the defendant’s floor had been
taken to the hospital and
tested positive for COVID-19."
again opposed any
release for R.Kelly (amid the
release, for example, Tekashi
#6ix9ine), stating "it is
disingenuous for the defendant
to suggest that he has “no
means to go anywhere.” (Mot.
at 3). He continues to have a
significant network of
individuals available to
assist him. Indeed, many of
those individuals attempt to
do the defendant’s bidding by
regularly posting and
appearing in videos on the
internet and publishing on
social media in support of the
defendant and overtly trying
to intimidate the defendant’s
accusers. Moreover, the
defendant still has the
financial means to flea and
commit obstruction. In the
first quarter of 2020 alone,
the defendant received over
$200,000 in royalty proceeds."
There was an indefinitely
postponement, but for a
September jury questionnaire,
of R.Kelly's previously
scheduled July 7 EDNY trial on
charges of racketeering,
sexual exploitation of a
child, bribery, kidnapping and
forced labor.
Judge Donnelly asks if R.Kelly
had waived his appearance. His
lawyer responded that he spoke
to Mr. Kelly who was
"despondent."
Judge
Donnelly replied, Let's keep
it simple. Did he waive his
appearance? The
defense lawyer said, Yes.
Judge Donnelly said, I think a
July trial is unlikely.
A lawyer
mused that even if the economy
is re-opened, it is
questionable if people are
going to be willing to serve
on juries.
Judge
Donnelly pointed out, Mr.
Kelly has to be arraigned on
new charges, by video... I
don't want to step on anyone's
toes out in Chicago. What
about April 30? What about
questionnaires on September
14? The defense lawyers don't
necessarily have to
come.
R.Kelly's lawyer
emphasized, We want the New
York case to go first.
Judge Donnelly continued, So
two weeks after the
questionnaire.
Lawyer: The 28th is Yom
Kippur. So let's do 29th.
Judge Donnelly asked, Why have
you made your bail application
to me, when it's about
Illinois? I've asked the US to
respond. But I'm curious.
R.Kelly's
lawyer quickly said, We could
re-file it in Illinois. We
didn't want him to be released
in Chicago and then for you to
jail him.
Judge
Donnelly said, That could
happen.
[In
fairness to some online
replies, the reality is if any
defendant is subject to two
judges' or jurisdictions'
detention orders, if the first
orders release, the defendant
would still be arrested on the
second order unless it is
removed.]
Judge Donnelly continued,
Anyway, I've asked the
government to respond. Let's
just go forward. Anything else
we need to do today?
Counselor
Greenberg said, You mentioned
April 30 for arraignment by
video, but they're not
bringing anyone to the court
in Chicago.
Judge Donnelly said, Here in
New York, they're setting up
video arraignments. I'll look
into it. Stay safe and talk to
y'all soon. And that was it.
Inner City Press will continue
to follow and report on the
case. It is US v. Robert
Sylvester Kelly, a/k/a R.
Kelly, EDNY Docket No.
19-cr-286 (AMD). More on Patreon here.
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