Shouts to @johnlegend @TaranaBurke @JamilahLemieux @Karnythia @thewayoftheid @nelsongeorge @Toure and, most importantly, all of the survivors for taking part in the #SurvivingRKelly docuseries. It’s on NOW on @lifetimetv!
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That's it right there. R Kelly was sexually abused as a child. "Child sexual abuse confuses power & control w/ sex. The abused says: 'I never want to be a victim again.' There's no more powerful position in a sexual relationship than to be the abuser of child."
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The retired police officer saw R Kelly hanging out at the high school when he was in his 20s and older. "He's not called the Pied Piper for nothing."
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"People will say why didn't anyone notice? We all noticed. No one cared because we were Black girls." ~
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Aaliyah was 12 when she met R Kelly and was the niece of R Kelly's manager. TWELVE.
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Remember now. R Kelly was 27. Aaliyah was 15. Wearing these matching outfits on BET's Video Soul. Make it make sense!
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Aaliyah was pregnant by R Kelly. He was 27. She was 15. Soon after that, they got married. They lied on the marriage certificate to say that she was 18. She was not.
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Aaliyah (and her family) was paid $100 not to pursue legal action after the annulment of their two month marriage. $100 for her silence.
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"I was shocked that Robert married her. It just looked like to me that they weren't compatible. She just seemed different than what he was accustomed to having." - R Kelly's Brother Bruce. That's because she was 19!! In R Kelly terms, she was "old!"
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"You Are Not Alone," performed by Michael Jackson, was written by R Kelly about Lizzette, the underage girl he was abusing at the time, soon after she had a miscarriage of his child.
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Lizzette caught mono from R Kelly that went untreated. She was in ICU for 2 1/2 weeks, was paralyzed and nearly died. R Kelly gave Lizzette's mother $1000. That's it. Kelly was having unprotected sex with all of these victims. Dozens of girls.
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Note that R Kelly has now had two weddings in which the wife (Aaliyah and Andrea) had absolutely no say on what her wedding was about, and her parents weren't allowed to attend.
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This brotha
@Dr_jodyadewale explaining "learned helplessness" truly provides the answer to many who say "why didn't the girls just leave? Why did they stay?"#SurvivingRKellyShow this thread -
Sparkle knew about R Kelly abusing young girls AND his wife, but still introduced her 12 year old niece to him. Because she believed he could make his niece a star. It is Sparkle's niece that is on the infamous tape. She was 14.
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R Kelly had multiple bedrooms *in* the music studio. He was sexually abuse young girls in between song takes. But y'all want to "separate the art from the artist."
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This docuseries is NOT over. There are FOUR more episodes. Two episodes will air tomorrow starting at 9pm EST and the final two are on Saturday at 9pm EST. Please join us each night for
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R Kelly was having sex with underage girls downstairs while his wife Andrea was upstairs. Andreas states that she had no idea he was sleeping with anyone, much less underage girls.
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The infamous pee tape was discovered by Lisa, one of his victims, in R Kelly's bag. She took the tape from his bag and eventually gave it to another artist. R Kelly would show the videos to other men.
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There was a series of lawsuits brought by young women who claimed that they had sex with R Kelly while they were underage. So when you ask "Why didn't they come forward?" they did. They actually sued him. Most were settled out of court.
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R Kelly used non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to keep the young girls and women quiet after he settled out of court with them. There were five and six figure settlements.
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Lisa told R Kelly that she took the infamous pee tape. R Kelly made Lisa and the guy who had the tape take a lie detector test. The guy lied and said he hadn't made any copies of the tape. Lisa heard the sum $250K to get the tape(s) back.
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A copy of the infamous pee tape was dropped off anonymously to the Chicago Sun Times. Journalists called Sparkle, who was able to identify both her niece and R Kelly on the tape. Kelly denied it was him, as did the girl's family.
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She didn't even come up to his shoulder. My God.
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I want y'all to hear what the coach said as well. Sparkle's niece came from a two-parent household; her parents seemed responsible, supportive & active in her life. R Kelly was a predator, showing up at her basketball games in his early 30s. She was a sophomore.
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