Do you believe him?

Singer R. Kelly has claimed that he is too broke to pay his taxes and may even struggle to meet his child support payments.

The musician, who spent three days in jail last month after being arrested on charges of s**ual abuse, was detained once again hours after an explosive interview with Gayle King aired on CBS This Morning, this time for failing to keep up his child support payments.

According to reports, Kelly was required to pay $161,663 in overdue payments to ex-wife Andrea Kelly, but failed to do so by the deadline of 10am.

Following a hearing, he was taken into custody and will be transferred to Cook County Jail.

His attorney, Steve Greenberg, has previously stated that Kelly’s finances are “a mess” and that his recording contract had been cancelled.

R. Kelly rose to fame in the 1990s after signing with the Jive record label, later becoming part of Sony Music following the company’s acquisition of Jive.

In recent years, however, his wealth has reportedly dwindled due to legal troubles.

Celebritynetworth.com suggests that Kelly could have been worth at least $150 million, but now has a net worth of just $100,000.

The site also states that his Chicago home was lost to foreclosure, while he was kicked out of two homes in Atlanta for non-payment of rent.

The singer has long faced allegations of s**ual misconduct and abuse, including accusations that he held women against their will.

While he was acquitted in 2008 on charges of child pornography, more recent investigations have led to a total of 10 felony charges of aggravated criminal s**ual abuse, which Kelly has denied.

These allegations reached a peak with the airing of the Lifetime docu-series Surviving R. Kelly, which told the stories of numerous women who claimed to have suffered abuse at the hands of the musician.

Since the series aired, Kelly’s fortunes have continued to decline.

He has reportedly been dropped by his label RCA Records, and has faced cancellations of scheduled appearances by concert promoters.

The #MuteRKelly movement, which has long campaigned for the removal of his music from streaming platforms, has gained renewed traction.

Nonetheless, Kelly’s work continues to generate money via royalties and other sources, according to Lisa Alter, a music attorney and founding partner of the New York-based firm Alter, Kendrick and Baron.

She suggested that Kelly may not be receiving this income if he has committed it as security for a loan.

In addition, the analytics company Nielsen reported that sales of Kelly’s music soared after the broadcast of Surviving R. Kelly.

In his song I Admit, released last year, Kelly claimed that he owed $20 million to the IRS, and that he did not own the rights to his own music.

During his interview with King, he insisted that the women who have accused him of abuse are all lying, and that he is being unfairly maligned in the press.

However, the star’s financial woes seem unlikely to improve, at least in the short term.