Three women have told BuzzFeed News of abusive behaviour by the singer, whose lawyer has denied the allegations.
The R&B singer R Kelly, long dogged over accusations of s’exual impropriety but never convicted, has now been accused of brainwashing a series of women into what their parents describe as a “cult”.
An investigation for BuzzFeed News by Jim DeRogatis, who has long followed the trail of stories about the singer, suggests that as of summer 2016 there were at least five unnamed women involved, two of them then-teenagers over the age of consent. Their families – as well three former female acquaintances of the singer, Cheryl Mack, Kitti Jones, and Asante McGee – describe Kelly as an intensely controlling person who dictates how these women dress and behave. Mack reportedly said: “You have to ask for food. You have to ask to go use the bathroom … [Kelly] is a master at mind control … He is a puppet master.”
R Kelly has vehemently denied the explosive allegations that he has an abusive “cult” that subjects women to se’x slavery.
According to the singer’s rep:
“Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed by the recent revelations attributed to him. Mr. Kelly unequivocally denies such accusations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name.”
According to online confirmed reports, Police officers in Georgia and Illinois conducted welfare checks for one of the women, at her parents’ request, and the woman told deputies she was fine and “did not want to be bothered with her parents because her father was threatening people.”
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