The R&B singer was arrested a day after two women came forward with new allegations of sexual misconduct.

Chris Sweda / AP R. Kelly turns himself in to Chicago police on Friday night.

R. Kelly was charged Friday with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Illinois, setting the stage for what could be years in prison if he's convicted.

According to Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, Kelly is accused of forcing oral penetration with two underage victims, one from 1998 until 2001, and another from 2009 to 2010. He is also charged with forced sexual penetration with another underage victim from 1998 until 1999, and with threatening and forcing himself on another victim by ejaculating on her in 2003. Kelly turned himself in to police shortly after 8 p.m. Friday and is scheduled to appear for a bond hearing on Saturday. Chicago police confirmed Kelly's arrest shortly after he arrived.



Scott Olson / Getty Images R. Kelly is taken into custody in Chicago.

The charges come after a series of public allegations made against the R&B singer since the Lifetime docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, aired earlier this year, and a new tape allegedly showing Kelly sexually assaulting an underage girl was sent to prosecutors in Chicago by Michael Avenatti, the attorney who rose to national prominence while representing porn star Stormy Daniels.

Avenatti on Friday told reporters in explicit detail what the roughly 40-minute tape shows, including, he said, Kelly performing multiple sex acts with a girl who calls him "daddy." He also said Kelly and the girl refer to her age as being 14 at least 10 times in the video. On Friday, he said there are two other incriminating tapes that he is in the process of procuring in order to turn over to prosecutors.

Scott Olson / Getty Images Demonstrators gather near R. Kelly's studio to call for a boycott of his music after allegations of his sexual abuse of young girls were raised on the Lifetime series Surviving R. Kelly on Jan. 9, 2019.