Singer R Kelly, who is facing felony sex abuse charges, has begged the press to take it easy on him.

Kelly, 52, said in a video posted to his  account on Saturday:

Yo this your boy Kells and I got an event to do tonight in Springfield Illinois, so I want the media to take it easy on me man.

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'This is how I got to get paid for right now,' he continued, explaining his predicament after twice relying on friends to post his bail in recent weeks.

He concluded;

So I gotta go do this event, and it's a party. So if you see me in the club, with a couple of drinks in my hand, and chilling, please, take it easy. Appreciate it y'all, thanks. 

The accusation that the office of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx cooperated too closely with Avenatti comes amid criticism of her office's handling the Jussie Smollett case.

In a surprise decision last week, Foxx's office dropped charges against Smollett that accused him of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself.

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Avenatti has said he played a central role in prompting Foxx to press for charges by providing her with video purporting to show Kelly having sex with a 14-year-old. Avenatti tweeted Monday that Greenberg was 'trying to distract attention away from the clear guilt of his client by raising bogus arguments about me and Kim Foxx.'

Foxx's office did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Credits: Daily Mail