R. Kelly’s Daughter Buku Abi Claims He Sexually Abused Her as a Child
Celebrity News

R. Kelly’s Daughter Buku Abi Claims He Sexually Abused Her as a Child

RKellys Daughter Buku Abi Claims He Sexually Abused Her as a Child I Was Too Scared to Tell

Buku Abi and R. Kelly
Getty Images (2)

R. Kelly’s daughter, Buku Abi, claimed in a new docuseries that she was sexually abused by her father as a child.

“He was my everything. For a long time, I didn’t even want to believe that it happened. I didn’t know that even if he was a bad person that he would do something to me,” Abi, 26, said in the first episode of the two-part documentary Karma: A Daughter’s Journey, which is available to watch on the TVEI Network. “I was too scared to tell anybody. I was too scared to tell my mom.”

Abi (real name: Joann Kelly) ultimately told her mom, Drea Kelly, about the alleged incident in 2009 when she was 10 years old. In the second part of the doc, Abi opened up about the alleged abuse, which she said happened when she was around 8 or 9 years old.

“I just remember waking up to him touching me,” she claimed. “And I didn’t know what to do, so I just kind of laid there, and I pretended to be asleep.”

ady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, John Legend and More Stars Who Have Spoken Out Against R. Kelly

Related: Gaga, Xtina and More Stars Who Have Spoken Out Against R. Kelly

Countless celebrities have spoken out against R. Kelly’s alleged abuse since Lifetime aired Surviving R. Kelly in January 2019. The six-part docuseries featured more than 50 interviews with the R&B singer’s former collaborators and the many women who have accused him of predatory behavior, pedophilia and other forms of sexual, mental and physical abuse. Scroll […]

After Abi told her mom about the alleged incident, she and her siblings Robert Kelly Jr. and Jaah Kelly, stopped visiting their dad following his split from Drea. (R. Kelly, 57, and Drea divorced in 2009 after 13 years of marriage.)

“I really feel like that one millisecond completely just changed my whole life and changed who I was as a person and changed the sparkle I had and the light I used to carry,” she reflected. “After I told my mom, I didn’t go over there anymore; my brother and sister we didn’t go over there anymore. And even up until now I struggle with it a lot.”

RKellys Daughter Buku Abi Claims He Sexually Abused Her as a Child I Was Too Scared to Tell

Buku Abi and Drea Kelly
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images

Abi shared that she and her mom also went to the police and filed an anonymous complaint. However, nothing came from it since she “waited too long.”

“They couldn’t prosecute him because I waited too long,” she claimed. “So at that point in my life, I felt like I said something for nothing.”

Jeremy Piven, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Sexual Misconduct, Hollywood, Sexual Harassment

Related: Hollywood‘s Sexual Misconduct Scandals

While Hollywood may appear to be all glitz and glam on the surface, the industry has seen its fair share of scandals through the years. The New York Times and the New Yorker first published investigative pieces in 2017 that accused disgruntled movie producer Harvey Weinstein of decades of sexual assault and harassment. Soon after, Weinstein stood trial and was […]

R. Kelly, who is currently in jail serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted of child pornography and enticement, has denied Abi’s allegations.

“Mr. Kelly vehemently denies these allegations. His ex-wife made the same allegation years ago, and it was investigated by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services and was unfounded,” the musician’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean said in a statement to People on Friday, October 11. “And the ‘filmmakers,’ whoever they are, did not reach out to Mr. Kelly or his team to even allow him to deny these hurtful claims.”

After receiving his federal conviction in 2022, R. Kelly appealed the ruling. In October, the Supreme Court declined to hear the disgraced musician’s case and upheld the decision.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).

If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text Child Help Hotline at 1-800-422-4453.

Originally Published Here.

Products You May Like

Articles You May Like

Revisiting ‘The Box’ 15 Years Later
Donald Trump Wins 2024 Election Defeating Kamala Harris
James Van Der Beek reveals he has colorectal cancer, but is ‘feeling good’ – National
The Best (and Worst) Presidential Biopics For Your Post-Election Celebration (or Depression)
Erick the Architect’s Love Letter To New York City