r. kelly sexual misconduct
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R. Kelly Responds to Surviving R. Kelly
Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” not only broke viewership records, but provided us with an appalling glimpse into the unspeakable harm he inflicted upon dozens—if not hundreds—of black women. And while the rest of us were glued to our television sets over the course of the six episodes spread out over three separate nights, TMZ…
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Complicit Police, Staged Rescues, and Other Revelations from the Final Night of Surviving R. Kelly
After six hours of footage spread out across three nights, Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” reached its dramatic conclusion Saturday night with it’s final two episodes “All The Missing Girls” and “Black Girls Matter.” Executive producer dream hampton warned us that these final two episodes would be the most powerful and they definitely gave us a…
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Surviving R. Kelly Triggers a Surge in Sexual Abuse Hotline Calls
Lifetime’s three-part docuseries, “Surviving R. Kelly”, served as a sobering exploration into the 30-year labyrinth of abuse and perversion orchestrated by R&B stalwart R. Kelly. And while many of us were haunted by an endless succession of horrifying testimonies that chipped away at a troubadour we once revered, others were understandably triggered and felt compelled…
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Underage Threesomes, Hush Payments, and Other Revelations from the 2nd Night of Surviving R. Kelly
Surviving R. Kelly is a lot to process. As the latest docuseries from Lifetime, it’s forced our community to confront our fear of the dark and acknowledge the monster that lives under our bed. Equal parts eye-opening and nauseating, it’s provided us with not only firsthand accounts of his abhorrent, predatory behavior, but provided context…
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R. Kelly Gives a Defiant Performance in Midst of North Carolina Protests and #MuteRKelly Campaign
I thought this dude was canceled. Apparently not. And as a recent show in Greensboro, N.C., reveals, R. Kelly is still as nasty as he wanna be, with his fans there to support this accused child sexual predator and woman abuser. The Associated Press reports that the singer told the crowd gathered for his concert…
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Hate the Player, Not the Game: On Loving the Art of R. Kelly, Kanye and Cosby
This weekend, while driving with my windows down in 86-degree, sunny springtime weather, my car’s playlist (mostly comedy, hip-hop and old-school R&B) shuffled randomly to a 26-minute story from a 1968 comedy album. As a lover of storytelling, I couldn’t bring myself to hit the skip button as the winding, 26-minute story from the album,…
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Is Time Finally Up for R. Kelly? 2 More Women Come Forward With Sexual Abuse Claims Against the Singer: Report
After Time’s Up, an initiative dedicated to combating sexual abuse and harassment, called for “appropriate investigations and inquiries” into repeated allegations of sexual abuse against Robert “R.” Kelly, two more women have come forward with new claims against the singer. According to BuzzFeed News, which was the first outlet to break the story about R.…
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Lawyer, Publicist, Assistant Drop R. Kelly Like a Bad Habit
Like rodents fleeing from a taking-too-long-to-sink ship, most of R. Kelly’s team has bid the embattled singer adieu. His spokesperson, Trevian Kutti, confirmed to Pitchfork that she no longer works with Kelly as of this week. In addition, there are reports that Kelly’s entertainment attorney, Linda Mensch, who defended Kelly during the 2017 allegations that…
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Vince Staples Calls R. Kelly a ‘Child Molester’
Two things are certain: Vince Staples will never not say what needs to be said, and R. Kelly is an accused serial predator who should’ve been exiled from the music industry long ago. These ideas came to a head during Staples’ interview with Complex’s Nadeska Alexis at Coachella, when Staples took a somewhat easygoing conversation about…
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Exclusive: R. Kelly Likes Women to Be Like ‘His Puppy, His Mother or His Daughter,’ Says His Latest Accuser
Another day, another young woman coming forward with allegations against alleged serial predator Robert Sylvester Kelly, 51. The young woman was 19 at the time she says she met the singer known as R. Kelly in 2017 at a concert in Dallas. They formed a sexual relationship over the course of 11 months that quickly…