The motion also addresses claims by the judge in his case, who said the singer failed to explain how he wasn’t still a flight risk.
In the documents, Kelly and his team claim he’s too “recognizable” to successfully flee the city of Chicago.
The motion reads: “[Kelly is] the most obvious and recognizable person on the streets of Chicago, or anywhere else in the country, in light of the severe stay-at-home restrictions.”
Kelly has also insisted he will agree to 24/7 surveillance and GPS monitoring to make sure he doesn’t go anywhere other than home or meet with anyone other than his lawyers.
Previously, Brooklyn federal judge Ann Donnelly said of his original request: “While I am sympathetic to the defendant’s understandable anxiety about COVID-19, he has not established compelling reasons warranting his release.”
