R. Kelly Decided to Just Not Show Up to Court

In February, a day before Kelly was arrested on 10 charges of sexual abuse, a woman named HW claimed R. Kelly repeatedly had sex with her when she was 16 and still considered a minor in Illinois. He lost the civil court case on Thursday because he decided to not show up.

It’s unclear what R. Kelly’s legal strategy was but if it was “If the judge can’t see me, he can’t sentence me” he may need to stop representing himself.