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R. Kelly fan freed after 34 days in jail
Kelly, a Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, was acquitted earlier this month of child pornography charges.
The Chicago Tribune said Debra Triplett, a 48-year-old grandmother from Aurora, Ill., spent more than a month behind bars because she yelled, "Free R. Kelly!" as the jury stepped off a courthouse elevator during Kelly's trial.
Triplett remained in jail until Wednesday because she was unable to post the $5,000 cash bail imposed by Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan when he ordered her jailed May 22.
Moments after her release from the Cook County Jail, Triplett told the newspaper she thinks Kelly should have paid her bail.
"For sure he should have stepped up," Triplett said. "R. Kelly, you should have stepped up!"
As for the remark that landed her in jail, Triplett said, "I was just being a fan. I didn't know I was going to be locked up."
She added that she was surprised she wasn't released when Kelly was acquitted.
"I thought they were going to say, 'Pack it up, Triplett,'" she recalled. "But they didn't, and the days went on and on."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/26/2008
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Posted Comments:
07-01-2008 09:01
HL wrote:
Come On
Now as a Fan you know taht shouting inn court will always land you in jail. It was just not a prudent move on her part so.
So the old adage comes to mind that goes,
"if you can't do the time, don't do the crime"
Glad to see she is out!
So the old adage comes to mind that goes,
"if you can't do the time, don't do the crime"
Glad to see she is out!
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