A Chicago prosecutor said Monday that she’s dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly.

A Chicago prosecutor said Monday that she’s dropping sex-abuse charges against singer R. Kelly following federal convictions in two courts that should guarantee the disgraced R&B star will be locked up for decades.

Foxx, who in 2019 had pleaded with women and girls to come forward so she could pursue

Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx announced her decision at a press conference just one day before Kelly was set to attend a hearing relating to state charges alleging that he sexually abused four people, three of whom were minors, according to the Associated Press.

Foxx claimed that the charges were dropped due to a “lack of resources,” stating at the press conference, “Our office has decided not to continue to expend our limited resources and court time with the indictments that we previously charged Mr. Kelly.”

Foxx, who in 2019 had pleaded with women and girls to come forward so she could pursue charges against Kelly, acknowledged that the decision “may be disappointing” to his accusers.

Although this is extremely disappointing news for the alleged victims involved in the case, Kelly is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence in New York over racketeering charges, and awaiting sentencing for child pornography charges he was convicted of in September 2022.

Foxx made this clear during her press conference when she said, “Mr. Kelly is potentially looking at the possibility of never walking out of prison again for the crimes that he’s committed. While today’s cases are no longer being pursued, we believe justice has been served.”