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R. Kelly Responds to Surviving R. Kelly

#RKelly #SurvivingRKelly #Docu-series #Abuseallegations  Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” not only broke viewership records but provided us with an appalling glimpse into the unspeakable harm he inflicted upon dozens—if not hundreds—of black women.  And while the rest of us were glued to our television sets over the course of the six episodes spread out over three separate nights, TMZ reports that Kelly was “disgusted” by the gruesome details unearthed in the docuseries and refused to watch a single minute of it. Reportedly, he also believes the documentary is merely a “vendetta” against him, as opposed to a call for both accountability for his behavior and justice for those he tormented. Furthermore, his team reportedly informed him of which individuals appeared in the docuseries and he denies knowing half of them, while dismissing the rest as traitors with self-serving motives. Kelly also claims that individuals who were willing to go on camera to defend his cha

'Surviving R. Kelly' night three: Everything we learned from the docu-series' finale

#RKelly #SurvivingRKelly #Docu-series Lifetime's "Surviving R. Kelly" docu-series, featuring six hours of footage broadcast over three nights, concludes Saturday night with two final segments of shocking storytelling, "All The Missing Girls" and "Black Girls Matter." While Thursday and Friday night's segments focused on claims from the '90s and '00s, the documentary's final night digs into more recent allegations: that he coerces women to live with him, separates them from their families and commits shocking acts of physical and sexual abuse against them. USA TODAY contacted Kelly's representatives for comment. USA TODAY asked Lifetime to respond criticism of the documentary. Kannie Yu LaPack, SVP, Publicity and Public Affairs for the network, told USA TODAY she would not respond to specific criticisms, but she said in an email that everything in the documentary had been “legally vetted and corroborated.” Later, she sent