Judge sets $1m bail for R Kelly, calling sexual assault charges 'disturbing'

R&B singer R Kelly has appeared in court in Chicago where a judge has set bail at $1m.

Judge sets $1m bail for R Kelly, calling sexual assault charges 'disturbing'

R&B singer R Kelly has appeared in court in Chicago where a judge has set bail at $1m.

The judge at Saturday's hearing, Cook County Judge John Fitzgerald Lyke Jr, is the same judge who presided over Empire actor Jussie Smollett's bail hearing earlier this week.

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