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R. Kelly’s Defense Presents Closing Arguments Comparing Him to Martin Luther King Jr., Hugh Hefner and Mike Pence
Regardless of the outcome in the New York trial, Kelly still faces additional charges in Illinois and Minnesota.
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As R. Kelly’s Criminal Trial Continues in Brooklyn, Disturbing Revelations Mount
Since the trial began last Thursday, witnesses have collectively testified to grooming, forced sex and physical abuse.
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R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to 11 New Sex-Related Felony Charges
Robert “R.” Kelly appeared at a brief hearing at Cook County Court in Chicago on Thursday for an arraignment regarding the 11 additional sex-related felony charges against him. The 52-year-old artist pleaded not guilty to the charges. According to Billboard, the new charges include four aggravated sexual assault charges. Those four counts each carry a…
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After Surviving R. Kelly, What Now? How About Trusting Survivors and Dismantling Systemic Misogynoir?
Three nights of television recently rocked the black community—surprising, since they detailed approximately three decades of well-known allegations of predation, exploitation and abuse by R&B artist R. Kelly. But if Lifetime’s record-breaking documentary Surviving R. Kelly finally put a human face onto the collective trauma so many women involved with the entertainer claimed to be…
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Where Is the Justice for R. Kelly’s Victims?
Since the heinous sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein came to light last fall, the entertainment industry has faced a reckoning … sort of. The #MeToo movement has inspired victims of sexual misconduct to come forward with their stories of abuse, and we’ve seen some (only some) horrible, powerful people face consequences for their actions.…
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R. Kelly Accuser Alleges Older Woman Trained Her to Please Him Sexually
R. Kelly continues to deny any wrongdoing when it comes to holding women captive and sexually assaulting teenagers, but one woman is now speaking out about the abuse she says she experienced at the hands of “the Pied Piper of R&B.” Last month, in an interview published by BuzzFeed, 24-year-old Jerhonda Pace came forward and…
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I Don’t Know How to Convince R. Kelly Fans That They Should Give a Shit About Black Girls
What separates R. Kelly—specifically, the support of him, the defense of him and the wagons circling around him—from most other notable moral quandaries is the lack of any sort of reasonable justification for any continued Kelly-centric advocacy or patronage. For instance, it’s no secret now that Chick-fil-A has donated considerable resources to fight against marriage…
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New R. Kelly Accuser Violates Nondisclosure Agreement With Underage-Sex Claims
Jerhonda Johnson says she was a starstruck 15-year-old when she first met R. Kelly. Johnson didn’t meet him at a concert, or at her high school, where Kelly was allegedly known to troll. Johnson met Kelly while on daily watch outside his child-pornography trial in 2008. In a new report for BuzzFeed News, Jim DeRogatis…