He says he has struggled to get work in the US and is in need of money to help pay his mounting legal fees and child support bills.
The 52-year-old singer through his attorney, Steve Greenberg, filed a motion asking a judge to allow the I Believe I Can Fly singer travel for work in Dubai.
Greenberg is expected to argue that the singer’s job requires him to travel and that a recently denied performance permit in the US proves he needs to be able to travel outside of the US to earn a living.
Kelly is requesting to travel via private jet because he “needs to pay his day to day living expenses,” as well as the excessive costs of child support and other child-related expenses, and a money judgment against him for back rent on his Chicago studio, according to ABC13.
R. Kelly is facing 10 counts of aggravated sex abuse of three minors.
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