CHICAGO — R. Kelly’s attorney accused the state’s attorney Monday of succumbing to pressure from attorney Michael Avenatti in bringing sex-abuse charges against the R&B singer in Illinois, saying his involvement has irreparably tainted the case. Greenberg said an inquiry was justified in light of the New York charges and separate case in California against Avenatti. The filing says “Avenatti has acted as a de facto prosecutor” in the Kelly case” apparently “with the full co-operation” of Foxx. Greenberg said Avenatti’s interest in the Kelly case corresponds with his own legal and professional problems, including his falling out with Stormy Daniels, who Avenatti represented in an ultimately failed lawsuit against Donald Trump. “Plainly, this particular State’s Attorney is able to be influenced and wowed, as evidenced by the facts of her recusal and the subsequent series of events in the Jussie Smollett case,” it says.

Source: National Post April 01, 2019 15:59 UTC