At a time when the true-crime genre has reached a creative nadir, as streaming services churn out assembly-line products that prioritize shock value over victims’ stories — and even stoop to paying perpetrators for exclusive access — Surviving R. Kelly stands out.
Premiering in January 2019, Dream Hampton’s docuseries painted a damning portrait of the R&b legend’s decades-long pattern of grooming and abuse via interviews with survivors, journalists, enablers, and eyewitnesses. The Lifetime program was a Greek chorus of grief indicting not just Kelly but an industry that went to great pains to protect him,...
Premiering in January 2019, Dream Hampton’s docuseries painted a damning portrait of the R&b legend’s decades-long pattern of grooming and abuse via interviews with survivors, journalists, enablers, and eyewitnesses. The Lifetime program was a Greek chorus of grief indicting not just Kelly but an industry that went to great pains to protect him,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
R. Kelly could not look his survivors in the eye as they stood before the 55-year-old to describe through tears how his abuse forever altered their lives shortly before the disgraced R&b singer was sentenced on federal sex trafficking charges on Wednesday afternoon.
Seven women addressed Kelly one by one in Brooklyn’s Eastern District Court, with some detailing how they were teenagers when Kelly began grooming and sexually abusing them and expressing how they were speaking up to ensure no one else had to be subjected to his abuse.
Seven women addressed Kelly one by one in Brooklyn’s Eastern District Court, with some detailing how they were teenagers when Kelly began grooming and sexually abusing them and expressing how they were speaking up to ensure no one else had to be subjected to his abuse.
- 6/29/2022
- by Victoria Bekiempis and Cheyenne Roundtree
- Rollingstone.com
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