R. Kelly says he wants to replace half of his legal team two months ahead of trial
Singer R. Kelly spoke briefly at a court hearing Wednesday, saying he approves of a significant change in his legal team just two months before his federal trial in Brooklyn is set to begin.
Half of his legal team, attorneys Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard, requested to withdraw from the case with a court filing on Monday evening. Greenberg told CNN Monday he felt that Kelly was “insistent that we work with people who we felt would be rendering in effective assistance as counsel.”
R.Kelly tells court he fired two defense lawyers two months ahead of trial
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R. Kelly, 54, has faced sexual abuse allegations dating back more than two decades
R. Kelly told a federal judge on Wednesday that he fired two of his defense lawyers, exposing deep rifts in the singer s legal defense team ahead of his August sex abuse trial in New York.
Kelly confirmed to US District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn that he fired Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard, leaving him with two defense lawyers. Is that what your wish is? Donnelly asked Kelly during a hearing conducted by telephone.
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The jailed R&B singer R. Kelly wants to shake up his defense team just two months before he is set to go on trial in New York on federal racketeering charges