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[WATCH] Survivors speak out in ‘Surviving R.Kelly’ trailer

by Gugu Mhlungu
CHICAGO - MAY 09: R&B singer R. Kelly (R) arrives at the Cook County courthouse where jury selection is scheduled to begin for his child pronography trial May 9, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Kelly has been accused of videotaping himself having sex with a girl believed to be as young as 13 years old. Kelly faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Ahead of the three part series looking at over three decades of sexual abuse allegations against R.Kelly, the trailer for ‘Surviving R.Kelly’ has been released.

In it R&B artist Sparkle makes serious allegations against R.Kelly, saying he attempted to pay her off, allegations he has also faced from other women who have said he has tried to bribe them into silence.

In addition to Sparkle, the Dream Hampton produced 6 hour docu-series features over 50 interviews with among others Kelly’s ex-wife Andrea Kelly, ex-girlfriend Kitti Jones (both of whom have spoken publicly about abuse they say they survived at Kelly’s hands, R Kelly’s brothers Carey and Bruce, Emmy, Tony, Grammy and Oscar winner John Legend, TV and radio host Wendy Williams and founder of the #MeToo movement Tarana Burke.

Watch the trailer below:

Surviving R. Kelly debuts on Lifetime on January 3rd, 2019. I’m grateful for every survivor who sat with me and shared her story. Please watch our trailer here: https://t.co/XHGciohJLn

— dream hampton (@dreamhampton) October 22, 2018

SEE ALSO: Why SA needs specialised sexual offences courts 

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