R. Kelly Hires Bill Cosby’s Lawyer In Attempt To Overturn Sex Trafficking Conviction
Oct. 29 2021, Published 11:27 a.m. ET
Disgraced singer R. Kelly is bringing on a new lawyer to help get him out of prison who was responsible for freeing Bill Cosby.
According to court documents obtained by Radar, attorney Jennifer Bonjean filed a letter in Kelly’s New York criminal case.
It was the first appearance by Bonjean in the case and she explains Kelly only officially hired her yesterday.
In the letter, Bonjean asks for a 60-day extension to allow her to catch up on the case. The lawyer says she met with Kelly at the New York jail he is locked up in but “until this week she was unable to conduct even a cursory review of the trial record on account of other professional obligations.”
Bonjean says Kelly hired her to file an appeal of his guilty verdict for racketeering and sex trafficking. She says the trial was lengthy — lasting 25 days — and included a ton of testimony and argument.
The attorney says she needs some time to go through it and properly build her case for Kelly. The singer has yet to be sentenced but it looks like he wants to get the ball rolling.