Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida. A Kelly defence lawyer said he had "no involvement whatsoever" in any attempt to silence witnesses. Charges ongoing in R. Kelly caseKelly has pleaded not guilty to dozens of state and federal sexual misconduct charges in Illinois, Minnesota and New York. Prosecutors described a third man accused of intimidating witnesses as being related to a former Kelly publicist. Donnell Russell, 45, of Chicago, is charged with harassing a Kelly victim and her mother after the unidentified woman filed a lawsuit against Kelly.

Source: CBC News August 12, 2020 18:22 UTC