R. Kelly's lawyer seeks sex trafficking trial delay due to jail quarantine

R. Kelly's new lawyers are asking a judge to postpone his August 9 sex trafficking trial in New York City, arguing they haven't had enough time to prepare because he's under a mandatory jail quarantine since his transfer from Chicago.

In a letter Monday to U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly, lawyer Deveraux Cannick wrote that Kelly's 14-day quarantine ending Tuesday has exacerbated what Cannick said was a "herculean effort" to get up to speed after their June 21 hiring. Cannick argued in the letter that Kelly's new lawyers haven't been able to meet with him in person because of the quarantine and that proceeding with the R&B star's trial as scheduled would rob him of effective and meaningful representation.