R. Kelly’s estranged daughter Buku Abi called her father a “monster” in the two-part documentary “Karma,” following the release of R. Kelly’s documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly” in 2019. ”, but this time, she claimed that she was sexually abused by the singer when she was 8 years old. Or 9 years old.
In the documentary released on October 11th, 26-year-old Abi revealed that she was abused by her father as a child and first reported it to her mother Andrea in 2009 when she was 10 years old. claims.
“He was my everything. For a long time, I didn’t want to believe it happened. Even if he was a bad person, I didn’t know he would do anything to me.” she said in the documentary. The first episode is currently streaming.
“I was too scared to tell anyone. I was too scared to tell my mother.”
Abi, whose real name is Joanne Kelly, did not elaborate on the abuse allegations in the first episode, but said she believed prison was the "suitable place” for the 57-year-old. “Personal experience”
“I really feel like that one millisecond completely changed my entire life, changed me as a person, changed the glow and light that I had,” she says. “After I told my mother, I didn’t go there anymore. My brother (Robert) and sister (Jah), we didn’t go there anymore. And to this day, I… I am having a hard time with that.”
“All I remember is him touching me when I woke up,” Abi said, crying as she recounted the alleged abuse, which occurred when she was eight or nine years old. “So I didn’t know what to do, so I just laid down and pretended to be asleep.”
Buku eventually told her mother what happened, and her mother went to the police and filed a complaint as a “Jane Doe,” adding in the documentary: So at that point in my life, I felt like I was saying something wasted. ”
Kelly‘s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, said in a statement to People magazine: Kelly vehemently denies these allegations. His ex-wife made the same claim years ago, which was investigated by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, but was unsubstantiated… And the “filmmaker”, whoever it is, did not even contact Mr. Kelly or his team and allow him to deny these damaging claims. ”
In February 2023, Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Chicago for child pornography and sexual enticement of a minor. The year before, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking based in New York. He is currently serving 19 years of two sentences concurrently and will be eligible for release in 2045.
