R. Kelly’s “Friend” Who Paid His $100K Bond Wants Her Money Back

R. Kelly appeared in court in Chicago Tuesday for a hearing on the state sex-crime charges against him, only to listen as a lawyer for the friend who posted his bond demanded her money back.

But Valencia Love, who put up $100,000 in February so Kelly could be bailed in the Cook County case against him, will not get her money back, Judge Lawrence Flood ruled, according to The Associated Press.

Flood said Love signed a bond slip which explicitly warns she could lose that money even if Kelly met the conditions of his bond, because a judge might order the money be used to pay his attorney’s fees, court costs, fines or other expenses.

Flood also denied a motion by prosecutors to boost Kelly’s $1 million bond. It was mostly a symbolic gesture since Kelly is locked up on federal charges and has been denied bond in those two cases.

“At this particular time, it’s kind of a moot point,” Flood said.

Kelly, 52, is facing four sets of state and federal sex-crime charges against him in three states.

Love’s attorney, John Collins, appeared at the hearing to tell Flood his client had no knowledge of the federal investigations in New York or Illinois when she posted bond, and that Kelly is a man of “vast resources.”

Collins said Love now fears losing all her money as charges against Kelly stack up.

Kelly has claimed he’s broke. Besides Love’s contribution to his bond, he also needed help to pay off an overdue child-support payment.

Love, 47, who met Kelly on a Lake Michigan boat cruise, told local reporters in February that she posted 10% of Kelly’s bond because he is a “good friend.” She also claimed at that time that the cash she handed over was all Kelly’s money, but declined to elaborate.

-usatoday