R&B singer R Kelly has walked out of a Chicago jail after a $161,000 child support payment was made on his behalf.

Cook County sheriff's spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said Kelly was released Saturday after someone paid the back child support for him. She did not know who made the payment.

It came three days after a judge ordered Kelly jailed until he paid the total amount he owed by that date.

In the TV interview aired on Thursday, Kelly asked:

How can I pay child support if my ex-wife is destroying my name and I can't work?

Kelly also told CBS that people had stolen money from his bank accounts. He offered no further details.

Kelly was indicted on February 22 in a Chicago courtroom on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four victims, three of whom were underage at the time the alleged crimes were committed.

If convicted, he could face a maximum prison sentence of 70 years - 7 years for each count.

Kelly spent a weekend in jail after his arrest last month and wasn't freed until a 47-year-old suburban Chicago business owner - Valencia Love - posted his $100,000 bail.

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Source: Daily Mail