"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. #SurvivingRKelly
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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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Sparkle said at the beginning of the tape, you can see R Kelly giving her 14 year old niece money. And then he sexually abused her. According to
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R Kelly performed at the 2002 Winter Olympics. While the infamous pee tape and all of the related allegations were circulating in the press and in the streets. Unbelievable. Sparkle's niece was on the basketball team coached by a retired police officer.
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Lisa became pregnant with R Kelly's baby at age 20. She chose to have an abortion. She didn't want to have a child by him. She was actually afraid that he would abuse their child.
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Andrea Kelly, R Kelly's wife, heard about the lawsuits and didn't understand how he had time to abuse all of these girls. She eventually realized that he had enablers. Andrea and Lisa, one of R Kelly's victims, would sometimes be checked into the same hotel.
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Sparkle states that a music executive said "I don't care if it is him on that tape. We can't afford to lose him." That attitude helped to enable and protect him.
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Sparkle was estranged from the family as she says she tried to protect her niece once the infamous pee tape was distributed. She was publicly dismissed as people didn't believe her and thought she was in it to get money.
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R Kelly put his wife Andrea on a bus and sent her to Florida. She was pregnant with their third child. At one point, they couldn't find the baby's heartbeat and they performed an emergency delivery. R Kelly wasn't there.
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R Kelly was arrested on the child pornography charges before he could even get to Florida to see his newborn child. Andrea, his wife, found out about the arrest from TV.
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Child pornography charges were filed, not statutory rape charges. They decided to do this because it would be easier to prove since dates couldn't be ascertained. R Kelly had a sing along with Chicago schoolkids the very same day he pled not guilty & left court.
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21 counts of child pornography and absolutely nothing changed in R Kelly's life while he was awaiting trial. He continued to tour, make money, and abuse young girls. He was arrested a second time in Miami on additional child porn charges. Photos were found.
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The Miami case was eventually dropped because the Florida judge determined the cops didn't have probable cause to search his home, making the photos impermissible. R Kelly dropped Ignition, the Remix, during this time.
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Chocolate Factory debuted at #1 during this time. Step in the Name of Love (one of his biggest hits) dropped as well. It was a family anthem. He now has gospel music, pop, and R&B songs. He covered all the bases.
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Andrea, his wife, contemplated suicide, though it would have meant leaving her three kids behind. She contacted the National Domestic Violence Awareness Hotline. 15 of the 17 questions of domestic abuse she answered positively. She left with her 3 kids and $2500.
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"It takes seven tries for a girl to leave her abuser to leave for good. That tells you how difficult it is to leave these 'relationships.'"
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Andrea Kelly, R Kelly's wife, says that he destroyed Christmases, birthdays, and graduations. She states that their kids "were told they couldn't sit at the lunch table because 'your Daddy rapes little girls.'"
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The infamous pee tape became part of pop culture. Recall the Boondocks episode and the Dave Chappelle skit.
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R Kelly intentionally delayed his trial because they preferred to have a 20 year old (an adult) on the stand telling her story, and not a 14 year old girl. The trial was delayed six years. Once it began, R Kelly said it was his brother Carey on the tape.
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R Kelly said that it was his brother Carey on the infamous pee tape. Carey had a 15 year old girl at the time, who was bullied at school because of this allegation. Older brother Bruce said that R Kelly offered Carey $100K & a record deal to take a deposition.
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Jerhonda was 14, a high school freshman, and hung out at the courthouse during R Kelly's child porn trial. She describes herself as a super fan and was able to interact with him outside of the courtroom.
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Sparkle said she was offered high six figures for her to say in a room with R Kelly that they were cool. She declined the money. 8 white jurors and 4 Black jurors saw the infamous pee tape, the central piece of evidence, during the trial.
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The prosecution had 14 witnesses and the infamous pee tape. Lisa, Sparkle, and the basketball coach all testified. The parents of Sparkle's niece denied it was their daughter. Sparkle's oldest brother also said at trial that it wasn't his niece on the tape.
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Many in the courtroom thought R Kelly would be found guilty. He was acquitted of all charges. A juror says that he didn't like the young victims based on what they were wearing and how they acted, so he disregarded the victims & didn't believe them.
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Sparkle says that she doesn't know if her family was paid off, but that her brother in law was playing guitar on Robert's songs in the early 2000s and the family was still hanging out with him.
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