Kelly owes $161,000, according to the sheriff’s office.
Supporters are working to get Kelly out of jail by next Wednesday, publicist Darrell Johnson told reporters at the Richard J. Daley Center.
“He came here in good spirits, expecting to walk out,” Johnson said. “He came here to … make some arrangements with what he had, I think it was $50,000 or $60,000 that he was willing to pay.”
When a reporter asked Johnson how Kelly was feeling about going back to jail, he replied, “Depressed, deflated, upset.”
Back in court next week
The singer is due back in court for the child support case on March 13 at 9:30 a.m. ET.
The embattled singer was seen wearing a blue suit and sunglasses when he arrived for court on Wednesday.
His attorney, Steven Greenberg, was at his side. According to a CNN team waiting outside, Greenberg was still inside the courtroom and has not yet commented.
According to court documents reviewed by CNN last month, Kelly owed more than $169,000 in unpaid child support to his ex-wife as of February 6.
The court ordered Kelly to make a monthly payment of $20,833 on January 8, 2009, but Kelly failed to show up to that hearing, the documents state.
To avoid being held in contempt of court, a judge ordered Kelly to pay $161,663 by Wednesday.
Source : Nbcnewyork