Documents: R. Kelly owes nearly $5M in taxes

R. Kelly performs at at Arise Made In Africa Spring 2012 Designer Collective at Mercedes Benz NY Fashion Week Afterparty at Jumeirah Essex House on September 15, 2011 in New York City. / Photo by Donna Ward/Getty Images for Arise Made in Africa

(AP) CHICAGO - R&B star R. Kelly, who last year saw his suburban Chicago mansion fall into foreclosure, now has the Internal Revenue Service at his door.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports documents held by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds show the recording artist owes the IRS nearly $5 million in unpaid taxes.

Kelly owes the money for taxes dating back as far as 2005. He paid $2.6 million in back taxes in 2008 and another $1 million last year, but the records show he still owes the federal government more than $4.8 million.

A message seeking comment was left Thursday for Kelly spokesman Allan Mayer. The Sun-Times reports Mayer said last year that Kelly didn't have any serious financial troubles.

The Grammy-winning singer was acquitted on child pornography charges in 2008.

[stormerF69]

Time to stop playing with the celebrities and start some seriuos jail time, 10 years and a million dollar fine to begin the end of celebrity tax cheats.

[Lerianis4]

5 million in unpaid taxes? Coming after him only now that he is near bankrupt and in foreclosure? Something reeks here.

[stormerF69]

10 years in Angola,louisana correctional facility,set an example.