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‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Final Installment Reveals ‘Chilling’ Details About Abuser’s Grooming of Young Men

Elizabeth WagmeisterJan 2, 2023 3:51pm PT

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When the Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” debuted four years ago, R. Kelly was a free man. The R&B singer’s career had long been trailed by allegations of abusing underage girls, which first arose in the early ’90s, but he remained one of the most successful hitmakers of that decade and into the 2000s. Also during that time, Kelly was briefly jailed and brought to trial for a 2002 indictment on 21 counts of child pornography. He was acquitted in 2008.

Kelly’s circumvention of the justice system damaged his career as an artist, but didn’t end it. It wasn’t until “Surviving R. Kelly” premiered in early 2019 that public opinion began to change. The series was greenlit prior to the initial impact of the #MeToo movement in October 2017, and was the first programming event of the #MeToo era to give a voice to survivors, ultimately bringing justice from the screen to a court of law. The series centers around Black women’s stories, an underrepresented group when it comes to social justice.

Today, Kelly is serving out a 30-year sentence in prison, after being found guilty on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking in 2022. Kelly was also found guilty in Chicago on three counts of child pornography for filming himself sexually abusing his then-14-year-old goddaughter. He still faces charges in other jurisdictions.

The third and final installment of “Surviving R. Kelly” centers around the trial that put Kelly behind bars, following the survivors and their families as the prepare to testify at the high-profile court proceeding. The new episodes also focuses on the journalists who covered the trial, as well as other legal and trauma experts.

“We are in a very different place at the start of this installment than we were over four years ago when we started this journey. He’s facing some very serious crimes,” says executive producer Jesse Daniels, who has been involved with “Surviving R. Kelly” from the start and was actively involved in developing the groundbreaking series.

In 2017, Daniels read a Buzzfeed article written by Jim DeRogatis, the journalist who broke the R. Kelly dam with a 2000 report in the Chicago Sun-Times, which is widely credited as the first domino to fall in R. Kelly’s empire. Despite that report and video evidence, which was at the center of R. Kelly’s 2008 trial, the criminal justice system took decades to catch up to DeRogatis’ investigative work and the accounts of survivors. “I remember the story made an impact, but after that, nothing really had happened,” Daniels says of the 2017 article. At that time, Daniels spoke with his fellow producers and asking why nothing had happened. With that, “Surviving R. Kelly” was born. “That was the inspiration and the motivation to investigate this further,” he says.

Accusers of R. Kelly have said he kept them as sex slaves, essentially part of a cult, locked in his home with no access to their families or the outside world. He would groom young women and men who had aspirations to become singers, and record them as he forced them into sexual acts. The six-week trial in 2022 revealed how R. Kelly used employees and intermediaries to lure fans and hopeful singers into sexually abusive and controlling conditions, including locking them in rooms without food or access to a bathroom for days.

During his 2022 federal trial in New York, “Surviving R. Kelly” was mentioned 150 times in the courtroom.

In the first installment of “Surviving R. Kelly,” parents of the victims spoke about trying to get their daughters back home. But one family is still fighting. Joycelyn Savage was 19 years old when she met Kelly, and the two are purportedly engaged. Last year, she released a book where she said she was carrying R. Kelly’s child, and just last month, she posted a photo of a newborn baby announcing that she welcomed a new baby with the imprisoned R. Kelly, though his attorney has denied her claim.

Savage’s parents are featured heavily in “Surviving R. Kelly,” emotionally discussing their fight to re-connect with their daughter. The final installment also introduces a new anonymous accuser who gives a harrowing account of allegedly being drugged and raped by R. Kelly. The episodes delve into the revelation that R. Kelly abused young boys, and give new detail into the widely speculated marriage and annulment of R. Kelly and then-15 year old Aaliyah.

“Surviving R. Kelly” executive producer Jesse Daniels spoke to Variety about the final installment.

What sort of impact do you believe the docuseries has had on R. Kelly’s legal cases?

When we started speaking with survivors and families, the world was in a much different place. This was pre-#MeTo movement [and] the survivors were worried that they were not going to be heard or believed. They were, as they’ve said, shouting into the wind. Where we are now at part three, which is the start of a trial where R. Kelly has faced many, many charges that are tied to the allegations made by our survivors. I can’t speak for our survivors, but I believe that they feel heard finally and believed.

“Surviving R. Kelly” without a doubt had an impact on the charges that were made. But we also really have to give a nod to the journalists who kept the story going for so many years – journalists such as Jim DeRogatis who’s been on this story for over 30 years, and those who attended the trial day in and day out; that is not an easy job to report on. Keeping the story alive and giving survivors a platform we owe them, it’s not just “Surviving R. Kelly,” but many people who contributed to that.

At what point did the producers decide to do a third installment?

After part one, we said that was it. But as we continued to stay in touch with our survivors, we started to hear about the pressure and the toll of preparing for this trial and gathering the courage to take the stand. We realize it’s hard enough for a survivor to tell their story in front of the camera, but to do so again while facing your abuser and his legal team is absolutely terrifying and incredibly brave. We really realized that we had a whole new story to tell here.

Part three has been announced as the final installment, but R. Kelly is still facing more charges. Do you have any plans to produce more?

For us, this is it. Whatever else R. Kelly faces is a minor footnote compared to the New York federal trial and the Illinois federal trial. I am speaking to our survivors today and their families, and many of them are successfully working on turning a page on their own personal lives. This was, for them, a really difficult time. Their journey through the trial was incredibly difficult. They feel ready to move onto the next chapter, and so are we.

Did you reach out to R. Kelly for an interview?

Legally, we have to. Every season, we reach out with a list of allegations and give an opportunity to speak on those, whether it’s via a written response or an interview.

This is clearly a series focused on the survivors, but was there ever a creative interest to get R. Kelly to sit down on-camera to actually hear from him, and not just as a legal checkpoint?

This is a story that gives a platform for survivors to speak, but as producers, we try our best to remain neutral in telling the story, and so, we believe that giving a 360-degree look at what has happened over the past 30 years is incredibly important. We certainly do try our best to reach out to anybody and everybody involved, whether it’s him or those in his camp.

You have extensive interviews with parents of the survivors and the common thread in this installment is that they have all gotten their girls back, except for Joycelyn’s parents who are in a completely different situation. What do you think their motive was in sitting down for an interview?

It’s a good question. At the very start of “Surviving R. Kelly,” we had several parents who were still trying to get in touch with their daughters, and now, at the start of part three, for the first time, we actually see parents sit down together in front of the camera, which was incredibly emotional. Tragically, the Savages were the only was the only family left who had not been in touch with their daughter. I can’t speak to how they feel now, but my heart goes out to their family.

Joycelyn said that she gave birth to R. Kelly’s baby, which his attorney denied. I’m not sure if you’ve kept in touch with the family, but do you have any more information on that situation?

All I can say is that my heart goes out to them. While I keep up with the day-to-day as much as possible, I can’t comment further on what’s happening there.

The New York trial revealed that R. Kelly also abused young men, and not just women. This installment delves into those allegations and you have an expert who says that R. Kelly’s story expanded from sexual abuse to predation. Why was it important to include that?

Our goal was to create a real 360-degree look at what was unfolding every day of the trial, and that certainly was a big chapter of the trial where there were male victims who testified. It was certainly something that we had heard in the past, but not in the context of this trial. We felt obligated to tell the whole the arc of the trial and every detail that we could.

This installment also goes very deep into R. Kelly’s marriage to Aaliyah when she was 15 years-old. What part did Aaliyah play into the overall story of R. Kelly’s abuse?

Aaliyah is Jane Doe #1 in the New York federal trial. That alone speaks volumes. We really tried to respectfully tell that story about Aaliyah, and simple because she was Jane Doe #1 in this trial, there was no turning away from that. I’m paraphrasing here, but in this installment, Jim DeRogatis says that Aaliyah’s name for the first time was spoken in a court of law in what is one of the biggest scandals in the history of popular music. I agree with him.

Did you have any concern about exploiting Aaliyah’s story, since she is not here with us to comment on what is being said about her?

Of course. We have had a lot of conversations about how to tell Aaliyah’s story every time because we really want to be respectful of her legacy. But what she went through, we can’t turn our backs on, so as her story got brought up tragically once again, but now in the court of law, we decided, to try really hard to retell what happened in that courtroom as it concerned to Aaliyah in the most respectful way possible.

Something that was revealed in the trial, but was not widely reported on, is that R. Kelly utilized NDAs to silence the women he preyed on, including Aaliyah. You provide more information regarding R. Kelly’s use of NDAs in this series, which has not been discussed much before.

I’m glad you picked up on that one. It’s a very important detail, but also a very chilling takeaway that came from the trial.

The series covers various intimidation attempts that the survivors and their families share. In late 2018, a gun threat was called into the premiere of “Surviving R. Kelly,” which was widely expected at the time to have come from a member of R. Kelly’s team trying to stop the premiere screening. Just this past month, his former manager, Donnell Russell, was sentenced to a year in prison for that shooting threat. Did that feel like a full circle moment that he was sentenced just as this final installment is about to come out?

I don’t feel comfortable speaking to the actual charges, but I can say personally, that night was one of the most terrifying nights of my life, and my biggest worry that night was that this was supposed to be a night to honor our survivors, and instead, they had been re-traumatized yet again.

What do you hope that viewers learn from the complexities of survivors of sexual abuse through watching this?

We’ve tried to break down just how difficult it is to leave an abusive situation, and then just how difficult it is to heal from an abusive situation. That conversation, in every single chapter, is one of the most important themes to talk about because we believe that viewers at home can learn from that, and hopefully, we can spark conversations at home on this topic.

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R Kelly is a monster who 3 decades prison sentence is well deserved. May his enablers and supporters burn in the deepest pits of hell with gasoline clothing on.

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12 Celebrities Who Actually Faced Lasting Consequences For Their Bad Behavior, And 12 Who Got Backlash They Either Didn't Deserve Or Grew From

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Backlash against a celebrity who gets called out for bad behavior doesn't always have a lasting impact on their career, but sometimes, they actually face lasting consequences. On the other hand, however, some celebs are treated horribly by the public and the media, only for those same people to later realize the backlash was unfair.

Here are 12 celebrities who rightfully had their careers ended for bad and criminal behavior:

Warning: mentions of sexual assault.

1. Following multiple allegations of sexual assault and the leaking of several alleged DMs where he said he was "100% a cannibal," Armie Hammer was dropped by his publicist, dropped by his agent, and dropped out of multiple projects. As of 2022, he was reportedly working as a timeshare salesperson in the Cayman Islands.

Discovery+ made a documentary about Hammer and his family called House of Hammer.

2. Throughout his YouTube career, Shane Dawson has apologized for jokes he made about animal abuse, pedophilia, and race. However, after he released an apology video for several resurfaced videos in 2020, YouTube demonetized all three of his channels.

3. After Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about former presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, ABC canceled the successful Roseanne reboot, killed off her character, then retooled the show into a spin-off so the rest of the cast and crew could keep their jobs.

4. Director David O. Russell has a history of alleged verbally and physically abusive behavior toward actors on set and admitted to sexually harassing his own niece. The star-studded cast of Amsterdam — his first film in several years — drew online backlash for their involvement, and the movie absolutely tanked at the box office, losing nearly $100 million.

5. In response to the many allegations of sexual abuse women have made against R. Kelly, Time's Up called for a boycott of his music in 2018. Soon after, Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora all stopped promoting his music, and his record label reportedly dropped him within a year. In 2022, he was convicted of federal sex crimes and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

6. Following many allegations of sexual assault, Bill Cosby was stripped of his honorary Navy title, had an endowed professorship he funded at Spelman College suspended, and resigned from the Temple University Board of Trustees.

Though his criminal conviction was overturned due to an agreement he made with a previous prosecutor to prevent them from filing charges, he was found guilty and sued in his first civil trial.

7. After Chris Noth was accused of sexual assault, his Peloton ad was taken down, his cameo was cut from the And Just Like That... finale, and he was fired from The Equalizer.

8. After Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate crime against himself, he was written off of Empire. He was later found guilty and sentenced to five months in jail, but he was released pending his appeal.

9. Following reports that her "be kind" mantra was a facade to cover a toxic workplace (including allegations of sexual assault and harassment made against executive producers), Ellen DeGeneres's talk show ratings declined. Within a year, she announced her decision to end the show.

10. In 2017, Kevin Spacey was accused of sexually assaulting actor Anthony Rapp when he was 14. More allegations followed, and Netflix suspended production on House of Cards , then later filmed the final season without Spacey.

Rapp lost his civil suit against Spacey, but Spacey is still set to be tried in London on five other counts.

11. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and several of his teammates alleged they were robbed at gunpoint during the 2016 Rio Olympics. However, after Brazilian police proved their story to be false, Lochte received a 10-month suspension from national and international swimming competitions, which included a withholding of his monthly stipend from USA Swimming. He was also dropped by all four of his sponsors.

12. And finally, cyclist Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France every year from 1999 to 2005, but in 2012, he was stripped of all seven titles and banned for life after the US Anti-Doping Agency found evidence that he'd used performance-enhancing drugs.

And now, here are 12 celebrities who faced backlash they either didn't deserve or actually changed from:

13. In 2018, Brendan Fraser faced backlash (and believes he was blacklisted) within the entertainment industry after alleging that Philip Berk, the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, sexually assaulted him in 2003. However, his fans stayed by his side, getting his name trending on Twitter in 2021 simply by praising him for being wonderful. At the 2022 Venice Film Festival, he received a standing ovation for The Whale , which brought him to tears.

14. In 2017, Terry Crews alleged that he'd been sexually assaulted by Hollywood agent Adam Venit a year prior. He was mocked by rapper 50 Cent. A producer from The Expendables franchise pressured him to drop the allegations, but he refused and dropped out of the films instead. TIME named Crews one of its Silence Breakers, the group that became the 2017 Person of the Year.

15. In 1983, Vanessa Williams became the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America, but she was forced to resign after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her without her permission. However, she pivoted to music and acting, earning multiple nominations from prestigious awards shows, including the Grammys, the Emmys, and the Tonys. In 2015, the Miss America organization officially apologized to her.

16. In 2003, The Chicks faced intense backlash after addressing the Iraq War onstage. Natalie Maines told a London audience, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas." The band was banned from many country music radio stations, and the members received death threats. In response, they posed nude for an Entertainment Weekly cover with the cruel messages people had sent them written on their skin. They continued to stand their ground, helping open the door for other women in music to speak up about what they believe in.

17. In 2016, Taylor Swift faced intense backlash after Kim Kardashian leaked an edited version of a recorded phone call as "proof" that the singer had given Kanye West permission to use an offensive lyric about her, which she denied. Taylor took a break from public life before returning with her album Reputation , then, the full version of the call leaked in 2020, revealing she'd been telling the truth all along.

Taylor used the attention from the leak to direct her followers toward "what really matters," encouraging them to donate to the World Health Organization and Feeding America.

18. In 2008, then-15-year-old Miley Cyrus faced backlash from the public and Disney for posing backless for Vanity Fair. At the time, she released an apology statement, but 10 years later, she took it back, tweeting, "I'M NOT SORRY. Fuck YOU."

19. After Justin Timberlake ripped fabric from Janet Jackson's outfit and exposed her breast during their 2004 Super Bowl performance, his career remained virtually unscathed while hers suffered greatly due to the scandal. She was banned from the Grammys, MTV stopped promoting her music, and she was forced to apologize publicly. However, the situation was widely reexamined following the release of a New York Times documentary in 2021 and Jackson's own documentary in 2022.

Her fans rallied around her in support.

20. After Laura Dern played a lesbian character who helped Ellen come out on Ellen , she wasn't able to get any work for a year. She also had to have a full security detail for the first time in her life. However, the following year, she made her return with a Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Baby Dance.

21. In 2009, Megan Fox was fired from the Transformers franchise after a Wonderland interview in which she called director Michael Bay "a nightmare to work for." She was also heavily criticized for speaking out against him. Discussing the way her career was reexamined by the public in 2020, she told Refinery29, "Of course, I look back and think — it would have been nice if any of you had seen this at that time that there was a bandwagon of absolute toxicity being spewed at me for years. But, I appreciate the reversal of it."

22. In 2008, Britney Spears faced intense media scrutiny while she was experiencing a mental health crisis in the public eye. She was placed under a conservatorship with her father as guardian until 2021, when the court granted her freedom to make her own decisions about work, money, and communication. Fans who were part of the #FreeBritney movement celebrated with her.

23. In 2001, Winona Ryder was caught shoplifting from the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue. In the aftermath, she lost out on a role because the director couldn't get insurance on her for the film. She took a hiatus from acting before returning to independent films in 2006.

In 2007, she revealed that, at the time of her arrest, she'd been in a bad place and had been taking painkillers that left her in a state of "confusion."

24. And finally, following a series of arrests on drug-related charges in the late '90s and early '00s, Robert Downey Jr. lost several roles. After he completed rehab, some studios were still hesitant to cast him, including Marvel Studios — but director Jon Favreau fought to cast him in Iron Man. After Downey's screen test, the studio relented, and the movie launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In 2015, the California governor granted him a full pardon. On the governor's website, it said, "He has lived an honest and upright life, exhibited good moral character, and conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen."

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R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse . US singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his status to run a scheme to sexually abuse children and women. In September, a jury in New York convicted the R&B artist, 55, of racketeering and sex trafficking crimes. The Chicago native - whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - was also fined $100,000 (£82,525). He currently faces separate criminal charges in three other cases. Kelly - known for hit songs like I Believe I Can Fly and Ignition - was found to have used his celebrity status and sphere of influence to lure women and children into sexual abuse over two decades. At his sentencing on Wednesday, US District Judge Ann Donnelly said the celebrity had used sex as a weapon, forcing his victims to do unspeakable things and saddling them with incurable diseases. The sentence, she said, would act as a deterrent from committing similar crimes in the future. Jurors at Kelly's six-week trial in Brooklyn heard how he trafficked women between different US states, assisted by managers, security guards and other members of his entourage. The court also heard how Kelly had illegally obtained paperwork to marry singer Aaliyah when she was 15 in 1994, seven years before the singer died in a plane crash. The certificate, leaked at the time, listed Aaliyah's age as 18. The marriage was annulled months later. Federal prosecutors had recommended that Kelly be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison, given the seriousness of his crimes and "the need to protect the public from further crimes". But his lawyers called for a sentence of 10 years - the mandatory minimum for his conviction - or less. They portrayed Kelly as growing up poor in a household rife with domestic violence and suffering sexual abuse from a young age Credit: BBC https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZtEsLr45t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I recently watched Surviving R. Kelly and Surviving R. Kelly 2: The Reckoning on netflix. They are not easy watches and I was reduced to tears more than a few times. However they are vital and necessary viewing. What he has done to so many girls (and I do mean girls because he's a fucking pedophile) and the scars they carry with them to adulthood. What he did to his wife Andrea, what he did so very publicly to Aaliyah (and EVERYONE looked to the side) is criminal. It is also enraging and heartbreaking.

As a sexual assault survivor I cried out in rage listening to their stories. Everyone knew and everyone let it happen. Why? Three reasons, the 1st being The Almighty Dollar: R. Kelly was the "King of R&B" he sold out tours and this was the days of physical music product, EVERYONE bought his cd's. Hell, everyone was streaming his music once that medium became big. He made a lot of people an ENORMOUS amount of very dirty money. So they let his rape and abuse of underage girls slide. This predator was targeting girls as young as 13!!! And everyone from the top down let it slide.

The second was fame. He was caught in a sex tape with a 14 year old girl, the sex was brutal and it ended with him URINATING IN HER MOUTH AND DEMANDING THAT SHE CALL HIM DADDY! That pee tape, as John Legend states in the 1st docuseries, was literally everywhere. I walked into a room in my Marine barracks and saw half my platoon watching it saying "Shit man, it's TRUE! Look at that shit!" I had to inform them that whoever owned the dvd needed to destroy it immediately as it was child pornography and hella illegal. That this was a very quick way to spend a very long time in the brig (a naval/marine term for military prison). I also informed them if I caught wind of anyone else watching it I would cheerfully turn them in to the mps (military police). I was senior ranked in the barracks so my threats had weight.

He went on trial for that tape and he got off! His fame was allowed to frame the narrative, his judge was very easily swayed by his celebrity and he walked all over the justice system and walked out the doors a free man.

The 3rd? No one listens to black girls/women. The law does not give one tenth of one shit about them and their abusers. No listened and no one cared. The vast majority, the lion's share of R. Kelly's victims were black girls and women and no one cared or did a thing to save them or stop him. If R. Kelly had been doing this to white girls/women he'd have been in jail a looooong time ago. Long before he ended up running the literal sex cult he ended up running out of his house.

There is a 4th point that black women have spoken about, wherein black girls are taught to sacrifice themselves to and for black men and that this played a major role in how R. Kelly was able to get away with it for so long. As I am a Jewish woman, I do not feel as confident to speak deeply on this point. I believe this is an issue that black women/girls face, but I also believe that perhaps it is not my place to speak on this issue. There are many eloquent black women who can take up this point far better than I.

R. Kelly has FINALLY been arrested for all the shit he has done and since they are getting him on sex trafficking RICO charges, they can FINALLY prosecute him for what he did to Aaliyah. He started having sex with her at 14, got her pregnant and then married her at 15. It's SICKENING! He has a long overdue date to pay for his crimes and his sins. It cannot come fast enough and I hope he rots in prison.

#r. kelly #mute r.kelly #listen to black women #listen to black girls #black girls matter

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#FREEMATTHEWRUSHIN CALL TO ACTION : please share share share

**THANK YOU TO ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED LOVE, SUPPORT AND PRAYERS AS WE FIGHT TO BRING MATTHEW HOME THIS INJUSTICE. I DONT WANT MATTHEW TO DIE IN PRISON.**

Matthew Rushin was sentenced to 50 years for a non fatal car accident. His autism was never taken into consideration. No drugs or alcohol involved just his words used against him. The VBPD turned a car accident into a crime so each officer can get promoted. How disgusting! This was racial profiling! This was illegitimate legal lynching!

Matthew Rushin's guilt was decided the moment the Virginia Beach Police stepped on to the scene of the January 4, 2019 accident. None of the 17 Virginia Beach officers followed their own standard operating procedures to transport an injured and mentally confused and distressed person for evaluation.

They did not exhibit any understanding of autism in their interpretations of Matthews comments and actions. Instead, they took advantage of his vulnerability as they handcuffed him, questioned him for nearly 4 hours at the scene, lied to him about evidence, isolated him from his family, charged him with 2nd degree murder with a claim that the accident was an intentional attempt to kill himself by deliberately driving head on into another car.

The facts don’t support this, including the totality of the victim and witness statements, Matthew’s behavior and statements, and the forensic evidence.

It took less than 6 hours for Matthew’s freedom, his reputation, his future to be stolen by Virginia Beach Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice System.

Please ask Governor Northam, to refuse to allow the “system” to steal any more days from Matthew. Ask Governor Northam to grant Matthew an Absolute Pardon and do whatever it takes to free him today!

Matthew turns 22 on August 4th, 2020.

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These are critical points:

1. Matthew was not taken for medical (and mental health evaluation) the evening of the crash. He has lost consciousness, had a prior serious brain injury, was banged up around the face and bleeding, was not making sense - yet, instead of taking him for evaluation and care, the police handcuffed and interrogated him for nearly 4 hours at the scene, then more at the police station (with lies and manipulation). He still has not had the physical evaluation he should have had that day - despite the fact that he has a cyst on his pituitary gland that was due evaluation the month he was jailed (19 months ago), AND he is having severe headaches, dizziness and temporary blindness.

2. Virginia Beach Police Department has a CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) program that is supposed to divert people with mental illness or in mental health crises to treatment rather than the criminal system. Not only did they not activate that team despite his history of PTSD, anxiety and his symptoms at the scene AND the fact that they were going to charge him with attempted 2nd degree murder on the basis of a suicide attempt (unfounded!), the woman how did much of the interrogation - which included lies about the evidence they had, and pretending that she was his friend - is a trainer for their CIT program. Further, suicidology must be determined by psychologist or psychiatrist. It was not - and wouldn't have been. They were able to maintain that charge, because after 7 months of jail, when Matthew was told that if he signed the plea deal, he could go home - that was his understanding - he signed it. From that point forward, the prosecutor, judge and press referred to the "fact" that he admitted he deliberately ran into the other car because he was trying to kill himself.

Officer Hosang only has 12 hours of Autism training, it takes psychologists years undergraduate education, graduate education and a whole lot of certification to even be able to practice. Officer Hosang told Matthew as heard in the interrogation, she hopes to arrest and charge him. What CIT does that? Is that descalating the issue? Um.. no way!

3. Mental health services have not been provided. Medication for anxiety was provided after months, but not counseling/treatment. Matthew has not had the required neurology follow up for his conditions identified prior to his incarceration.

4. Matthew and his family have not been able to talk face to face for 19 months, let alone hug. This 20 year old autistic man who had just been in a very serious car accident and who was clearly physically impacted was not allowed the comfort of his family. His dad was at the scene for hours waiting to be allowed to see his son. He wasn't even told when they took Matthew away from the scene. Mr. Rushin found out 45 minutes later.

5. Matthew was ripped from his life on the basis of an unsubstantiated claim, denied his rights, taken advantage of and taken straight to prison for a charge that never should have been made. Yet when there is overwhelming evidence of all of the wrongdoing, he remains in prison. That is totally unbalanced. He was judged guilty on sight. But it is taking months to free him. This is so wrong.

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(1) Mark R. Herring: Attorney General

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CALL: (804)786-2071

(2) Kelly Thomasson: Secretary of the Commonwealth

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(3) Brian Moran: Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Secretary

CALL: Office: 804-786-5351

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(4) Tonya D. Chapman: Chair of the Virginia Parole Board

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CALL: 804-674-3081

(5) Virginia Governor Ralph Northam

CALL: 1 (804) 786-2211

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Azriel Clary Says Singer ‘Blackmails’ People Into Making Child Porn, Details Alleged Horrific Sexual & Physical Abuse + Kelly’s Attorney Says She’s Clout Chasing

Azriel Clary has freed herself from R. Kelly and now ... she’s talking...with bombshell accusations. Her allegations are in line with what the other women who stepped up before her are saying. However, Kelly’s attorney Steve Greenberg claims she’s only speaking out for clout. More inside….

R. Kelly’s former live-in girlfriend, Azriel Clary, is speaking out for the first time after she left his Trump Tower condo in Chicago earlier this month. And she left with a bang. Azriel got into a brawl with Kelly’s other live-in girlfriend, Joycelyn Savage, and it was caught on video, resulting in Joycelyn being arrested and charged with one misdemeanor count of domestic battery. By the way, they were fighting on camera on the singer’s 52nd birthday. Womp. You can see the fight and her mugshot HERE.

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suprise Let the healing process begin. Love yall and thank y’all I even thank everyone who follows me.. because you all believed in me when I could not believe for myself. #movingontobetterdays P.S - everyone will be posting there own fav photos so make sure y’all follow the family! #ontherunwithazriel

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Since leaving Kelly, Azriel has reunited with her family and is seemingly working to get her life back on track. She has her own place now and she said she has been enjoying regular things like dancing again as it has been therapeutic for her.

In her first post-R.Kelly interview, the 22-year-old accused the embattled singer of blackmailing and incriminating people around him to keep them quiet about his own alleged sex crimes. And this isn’t the first time we’ve heard this. Several women featured in the LIFETIME documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” said the same thing.

Azriel – who met Kelly when she was 17- said he has victims all over the nation, but they will not come forward because he forced some into making child porn and recorded it to keep them quiet. Or, he’ll have them write what he wants and sign it to keep them quiet.

“I think that there's hundreds of victims out there. Robert has his live-in girlfriends, he has girlfriends in every city. He has flings in every city," she told The Sun. “There's usually three main cities in every state. So three times 50 - that lets you know how many women are probably out there and that's probably not even hitting it on the nail."

”For the most part he blackmails everyone. He makes everyone do very degrading stuff, whether on film or writing it down, he makes them sign it.

The aspiring singer said these victims will not speak out because whatever sick and twisted act Kelly allegedly made them do to be apart of his circle is incriminating. She said he has “letters of people saying that they've stolen from him.”

“He has letters from people saying that they've been molested or touched by their parents or their brothers or a family member,” she said.

And the allegations get horribly worse…

“He even has people on film molesting their younger nieces or younger brothers,” she said.

“And so I know a lot of women out there are too embarrassed, humiliated, and ashamed to come out because this man had that much power to control them, to make them molest their younger niece or to molest their younger brother.

“Personally had I ever done anything like that, I would be entirely too ashamed to come forward. Thankfully, I've never been in that situation. But have I seen it done to other women? Yes, I have.”

Sick!

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currently: practicing. practice makes perfect. #RIPKOBE. (sorry guys, I posted this before I found out he passed away.) May he Rest In Peace

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Azriel also shared details about how R. Kelly savagely beat her with his shoe for hours, how he forced her to have group sex with him and other men and women up to five times a day, and more. Check it:

“I was talking to my friends from high school and he didn't like that I was still talking to them … he thought that I was keeping things from him," she said. “I was just in communication with two of my girlfriends and he made me text them a very long lie, basically saying why I no longer wanted to be friends with them.. Then he beat me with a shoe - a size 12, Nike Air Force One shoe. And he beat me all over, it felt like hours and I was covered in welts all the way from my neck down."

She now admits she was brainwashed by the Grammy award winning singe:

“I definitely do believe that I was very naive and very brainwashed and manipulated by him,” she said. And as much as I hate to say it I'm woman enough and I'm grown enough to admit that yes, I was brainwashed and yes, I was manipulated. And yes, this man did have me wrapped around his finger. If he would have told me to jump, I would have said, ‘how high?’ It was all in because I just genuinely just loved him and I love hard.”

"Sexual abuse did happen regularly," Azriel said. "Robert had a high sex drive so usually 3 to 5 times a day was normal for him. It was always just something that happened, and if you did not want to participate, if you embarrassed him in front of other women, or even just did not perform well he would tell you to leave or wait in the restroom with the water on until he was finished."

"It was easier pleasing him then getting beat every other day...and everyone learned that very quickly."

Azriel said he controlled every aspect of her and the other girls' lives and would also get them to recruit other girls for him.

“Definitely you could not do anything without him knowing." she said. "You have to ask him if you could go to the restroom, you would have to knock anytime you entered it or left a room,” she said. "He controlled you to what you wore. Anything that was tight, hugging, revealing, was not allowed. You had to wear very loose clothing. The fact that I looked so young, I had to wear hats every time I left to go out.

“Every night every one had to ‘take places’ which meant go to your rooms. I would sleep with Robert every night."

Azriel was his “number one girl” and he promoised to one day marry her and have children with her.

“I’ve seen him ask women to go approach other girls for him and give them his number - like at the mall and things like that," she said. "It could be anywhere really, you could be out eating, at a park, in the middle of driving - if he sees someone that he likes, he’ll definitely send a girl that he feels confident in doing those types of things for him."

The R&B singer even controlled Azriel and Joycelyn after he was put in prison last year:

“MCC is on the left side of the street and there's a train that runs straight in front of the MCC in Chicago,” she said. "So everyday he would make us go up there and stand up there and wave to him at four o’clock through the window of the jail. Every day, whether it's snowing, raining, storming, he didn't care, just go up there and wave to him every day at four o'clock."

“I was the only one that he wanted to visit him in jail. So for those first four or five months, I was the only one visiting him, which was very hard on Joycelyn and it was still a way of manipulation, by keeping her angry at me because I'm the only one that can see him."

Sheesh.

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Kelly’s attorney Steve Greenberg said in a series of tweets that the allegations Azriel has made against Kelly are untrue and she’s only speaking out to “capitalize off their relationship.”

We are surprised to learn that Ms. Clary is making these allegations. What she now says is directly contrary to truth, and the facts that have been brought forward by Ms. Clary in the past. It is also directly contrary to what we expect to be the proof. As with other "accusers",

— Steve Greenberg (@SGcrimlaw) January 30, 2020

”We are surprised to learn that Ms. Clary is making these allegations. What she now says is directly contrary to truth, and the facts that have been brought forward by Ms. Clary in the past. It is also directly contrary to what we expect to be the proof,” he tweeted.

the lack of proof and their past actions impeach them. In sum, Ms. Clary had a long-term consensual relationship with Mr. Kelly. It continued after he was arrested, when she was free to do as she wished. It is clear that she now seeks to personally capitalize from their

— Steve Greenberg (@SGcrimlaw) January 30, 2020

”As with other ‘accusers,’ the lack of proof and their past actions impeach them. In sum, Ms. Clary had a long-term consensual relationship with Mr. Kelly. It continued after he was arrested, when she was free to do as she wished.”

relationship, and the only way to do so is to parrot the false narrative. The allegations are not true. Still, Mr. Kelly bears only good will towards Ms. Clary.

— Steve Greenberg (@SGcrimlaw) January 30, 2020

”It is clear that she now seeks to personally capitalize from their relationship, and the only way to do so is to parrot the false narrative. The allegations are not true. Still, Mr. Kelly bears only good will towards Ms. Clary,” he concluded.

Joycelyn is still reportedly staying by her man's side. Her family was able to talk to her when she appeared in court for a hearing for the misdemeanor charge she copped. They're staying positive that she'll eventually return home.

R. Kelly is currently in prison on a rack of federal and state charges, which include child pornography, racketeering, violations of the Mann Act, obstruction of justice, bribery and more.

According to The Blast, Kelly has a hearing coming up on Feb. 6th and they are demanding he show up in court after he put in a request to skip a hearing.

The site reports:

According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Kelly’s lawyer wrote a letter to the judge presiding over the singer’s New York criminal case. A hearing is scheduled for February 6, where Kelly was expected to appear. The singer’s lawyer, Steve Greenberg, put in a request for Kelly to waive his appearance aka not show up. Greenberg said he would not be able to personally appear nor would one of Kelly’s other lawyers.

Prosecutors quickly fired back at the request saying Kelly needs to be present. They write, “In light of the upcoming trial date and the serious nature of the charges that the defendant faces, the government respectfully requests that, absent a compelling reason, the defendant appear by video conference at the conference scheduled for February 6, 2020.”

A judge denied his motion seeking to have the identities of two of his alleged victims labeled as “Jane Does” in the criminal indictment.

We'll see what goes down next Thursday...

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R. Kelly released from jail after child support paid

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Image caption R. Kelly was released on bail last month but was taken back into custody after failing to pay child support

R. Kelly has been released from jail in Chicago after the $161,000 (£122,000) he owed in child support was paid.

The Cook County sheriff’s office said the money was paid on Saturday morning and he was set free shortly afterwards.

It is unclear who made the singer’s payment.

The embattled US R&B artist was last month charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, involving four alleged victims, three of whom were minors.

He pleaded not guilty to all the charges and was released on bail after spending three nights in jail. If convicted, he faces three to seven years in prison on each charge.

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He was taken back into custody on Wednesday after failing to pay child support.

As he walked out of jail on Saturday, CNN reported him as saying: “We’re going to straighten all this stuff out.”

The singer had been prepared to pay up to $60,000 of what he owed to his former wife, Andrea Kelly, and their three children, but the judge had required the full amount and ordered him detained.

The singer’s defence attorney had previously said the singer was having financial difficulties and his finances were a “mess”.

R. Kelly has been a target of a boycott campaign, and his recording contract has been cancelled.

The latest stint in jail came shortly after an explosive interview with CBS This Morning, his first since his arrest in February on the aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges.

“I didn’t do this stuff. This is not me,” he said, adding that he is “fighting for my life”.

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R. Kelly Pleads NOT Guilty Before Judge Denies Bond Release On Federal Sex Crime Charges + Kelly's Lawyer Says He's 'Obviously Disappointed'

R. Kelly appeared before a judge today to plead not guilty, however a bond release was denied. Kelly's lawyers shared details at a press conference after the singer's court hearing. Get it all inside...

R. Kelly appeared in federal court in Chicago today days after he was arrested on several sex crime charges. He reportedly was shackled at the ankles and wearing an orange jumpsuit during the hearing.

2) INSIDE #RKELLY COURTROOM. Sat behind his girlfriends Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage (who @GayleKing intvd). They held hands as they took seats. Kelly never looked at them or twd gallery. They showed little emotion & exchanged a glance when prosecutor alleged abuse of minors. pic.twitter.com/wWq08pD1X6

— Adriana Diaz (@adrianasdiaz) July 16, 2019

The Grammy Award winner learned he would NOT be getting out of jail anytime soon after a U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ruled that he will be held without bond, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The singer entered a not guilty plea.

Federal prosecutors called the singer a "danger to the community, especially to minor girls." They argued that Kelly's high-profile status makes him a flight-risk and he should be released on bail. They also said he has the "unique ability to influence and intimidate witnesses and victims, and that continues to this day." So yeah, he's stuck behind bars.

Prosecutors argued that house arrest doesn't eliminate the risk Kelly poses to minor girls. “The defendant can entice girls to his own doorstep, he doesn’t have to leave his home to do that,” an attorney told the judge.

The prosecution also argued that the person in the newly obtained sex videos is R. Kelly.

Kelly's lawyer, Steve Greenberg, argued in court that Kelly does not pose any of the risks prosecutors laid out.

“Unlike his most famous song—'I Believe I Can Fly’—Mr. Kelly doesn’t like to fly,” Greenberg told the judge. “How could he flee? He has no money. There’s no evidence that he’s a risk to minors at all at this point.”

Wow. Did he really just use one of Kelly's song titles to argue why he should be released from prison? Oh.

As for Kelly being a threat to minors, Greenberg said all of the allegations made against his client date back to the 90s, and that "there's no evidence that he's a risk to minors at all at this point." Greenberg also said there's no evidence of witness tampering. Bruh.

Kelly's girlfriends - Joycelyn Savage & Azriel Clary - were in attendance, as expected. It was reported they would speak during a press conference after the hearing, but they decided not to:

Joycelyn Savage (left) and Azriel Clary exited the Dirksen Federal Courthouse without speaking to reporters today after R. Kelly was ordered held without bail. https://t.co/H6dAdclXxM pic.twitter.com/yW5BLtwuGX

— Ashlee Rezin (@Ashlee_Rezin) July 16, 2019

No comment from Joycelyn Savage & Azriel Clary as they walked out of Dirksen. pic.twitter.com/hEFv1Sa6q2

— Megan Hickey (@MeganHickeyTV) July 16, 2019

Joycelyn and Azriel recently released a video to prove they were not kicked out of Kelly's Trump Tower apartment, despite reports saying they had got evicted. However, they reportedly have been cut off financially.

Kelly's lawyer Steve Greenberg held a press conference after the hearing, revealing the singer is being held in 24-hour solitary confinement.

"He's obviously disappointed. He's in 24-hour solitary confinement—essentially it's the hole—because that's the safest place for them to house him," Greenberg said after R. Kelly was ordered held without bail today. “He has no TV. It’s largely inhumane.”

Peep the clip below:

"He's obviously disappointed... He's in 24-hour solitary confinement—essentially it's the hole—because that's the safest place for them to house him," Greenberg said after R. Kelly was ordered held without bail today.

"It's largely inhumane." https://t.co/H6dAdcDyWm pic.twitter.com/uTOq8lTu0w

— Ashlee Rezin (@Ashlee_Rezin) July 16, 2019

The court hearing comes days after federal prosecutors in New York and Chicago issued federal indictments against the singer. He's facing 18 combined counts of alleged sexual crimes against 10 victims. Last week, the "I Believe I Can Fly" singer was arrested while walking his dog outisde of his Trump Tower apartment in Chicago on a 13-count indictment, which includes child pornography, enticing a minor into illegal sexual activity, and a conspiracy to obstruct justice.

In New York, prosecutors unveiled an additional indictment after his arrest on charges of racketeering and violating the Mann Act, which prohibits anyone from transporting individuals for any criminal sexual activity.

Kelly hasn't been arraigned on the NY charges yet. Prosecutors said that'll happen sometime between now and September 4th.

By the way, "Surviving R. Kelly" was nominated for the Emmy for Informational Series or Special.

Photo: AP Photo/Matt Marton

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Junkrat/Roadhog:: Origins Ch. 13

Title: Origins

Characters: Junkrat, Roadhog

Rating: R

Summary: The origins of Junkrat and Roadhog. Junkrat finds a mysterious treasure in the nuclear wasteland of the Australian Outback and quickly finds himself a target. When a hitman is sent to kill him, he convinces the man to become his personal bodyguard in exchange for half the spoils. Their ensuing crime spree could be legendary – if they can get over the initial bad blood between them. Can also be found on AO3 if you prefer reading it there!

Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen

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Junkrat wasn't the biggest fan of the black and white striped jumpsuit he was forced to wear after surrendering his own clothes. He would have preferred the prison greens of old, but a lot had changed after the Omnic Crisis, including the colours used to identify felons.

He languished in a single occupancy holding cell until court opened the following morning. He hadn’t expected that he would be so put out about being separated from Roadhog -- after all, he’d gotten used to being by himself over the years. Solitary confinement wasn’t all that different from the many nights spent by himself in the Outback. But things were different now. He’d gotten a taste of what it was like to not spend all his time alone, and he didn’t want to go back to living like that.

He was grateful when the door to his cell swung open the next morning and he was shackled to be taken to the magistrate’s court for his arraignment, because that meant he’d get to see Roadhog again.

Junkrat was blinded by several flashbulbs on his way into the courtroom, and he screwed his eyes shut. “Oi! What gives?” He hadn’t understood just how high profile the case was, with reporters flocking to the scene overnight.

He was seated next to his partner in the dock, facing the judge while a correctional officer stood beside them. He grinned at Roadhog with a “Hey!” He had no way of knowing whether Roadhog returned his smile, but judging by his silence, he was pretty sure he knew the answer.

He fiddled with the fabric of his jumpsuit until court was called to session.

“All stand for the Honourable Justice Knowles.” Junkrat obediently stood up alongside Roadhog, only to immediately sit back down when the judge took her seat. What a stupid formality, he thought to himself.

“The Queen v. Jamison Fawkes and Mako Rutledge.” Who? Junkrat thought, immediately followed by, Roadhog?

He was still marveling over the revelation that Roadhog had a full name when he heard, “Mr. Fawkes and Mr. Rutledge, you are charged with one count of robbery, one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, and three counts of murder. On the night of 23 October, 2073, you entered the Billington Bottle Shop with the intent of robbing it of its contents, stole several hundred dollars worth of liquor, and willfully, knowingly, and deliberately killed Sergeant Harris, Senior Constable Kelly, and Senior Constable Nguyen in the execution of their duty. Jamison Fawkes, how do you plead: guilty or not guilty?”

Junkrat stood up, chained hands banging on the railing of the dock. “Guilty,” he said.

He could feel Roadhog’s sharp gaze fixated on him, and he turned his head to look at him. Trust me, he pleaded with his eyes.

“Mako Rutledge, how do you plead: guilty or not guilty?”

Roadhog sighed and hefted himself to his feet. “Guilty, Your Honour.”

“Mr. Fawkes, Mr. Rutledge, you do understand that by pleading guilty, you are waiving the right to a trial?” the judge asked.

“Yes,” they both answered in unison.

“Are you entering this plea freely and voluntarily, with no outside coercion?”

“Yes, yes, yes,” Junkrat said, impatiently answering all of the judge’s questions. Roadhog was more level in his responses.

“Very well,” the judge said. "I find that your plea is voluntarily made with the understanding of the resulting consequences, that you are competent and aware of what you are doing, and that your plea is sustained by the facts of this case. I accept the co-defendants' pleas to counts one through five of the indictment and find them guilty of the offenses expressed in those counts."

Their sentencing date was fixed, their lives turned over to the Supreme Court, and they were denied bail.

“What are you thinking?” Roadhog grumbled from behind Junkrat as they were led out of the courtroom to rot in jail until their sentencing.

Junkrat twisted around to get a better look at him. “The whole world knows we're guilty, mate. Ya really wanna sit through a whole trial when we both know what they're gonna say at the end of it?”

“No talking!” the transport guard barked at them.

Junkrat responded with a rude hand gesture. He was getting very tired of authority figures.

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Sentencing came quicker than anyone had anticipated, in spite of the fact that they were referred to the state’s Supreme Court, as were all murder cases. Junkrat figured it was due to a combination of the high profile nature of their case -- it was exceedingly rare for multiple officers of the law to be killed in the line of duty -- and the fact that the county jail wanted then transported to somewhere more secure as quickly as possible.

“Jamison Fawkes and Mako Rutledge, you have pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, one count of robbery, and one count of conspiracy.”

Junkrat tuned out everything the judge said after that, mind wandering to think about how fucking odd it was for him to be referred to by his birth name, and even odder for him to hear Roadhog’s full, legal name. He tugged on the chains around his waist. The sooner he was sentenced, the sooner he could get the chains off, and the sooner he could figure out how to get back to way things were meant to be -- him and Roadhog living wild and carefree, spreading chaos and destruction wherever they went, enjoying life and evading capture. This was just a minor blip in the road.

He tuned back in to hear, "As I said at the outset, the mandatory sentence for the murder of a police office in the execution of the officer's duty, in order to escape apprehension for serious criminal conduct, is life imprisonment. This is because this crime is in the worst category of murder. An attack upon a serving officer of the law is an attack upon society itself. Your conduct was--” Junkrat resisted the urge to roll his eyes and went back to fiddling with his chains. Realistically, he knew all of this was true. But murder carried such little weight to Junkers; he’d been surrounded by a kill-or-be-killed survivalist mentality his entire life, and he didn’t understand why people should be excluded from this on the basis of the uniform they wore. If he had tried to detain someone in Junkertown, they absolutely would have killed him; why shouldn’t he do the same when the shoe was on the other foot? It didn’t compute. Morals were non-existent in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the Australian centre; you lived life your own way and said “fuck you” to anyone who tried to stop you from doing so. Junkers weren’t meant for proper society, and he hated having to adhere to societal rules.

His ears pricked back up at the sound of his name. “Jamison Fawkes and Mako Rutledge, for the murders of Sergeant Harris, Senior Constable Kelly, and Senior Constable Nguyen, I sentence you to life imprisonment. No minimum term of imprisonment before eligibility for parole is set. You are sentenced to be imprisoned for the remainders of your natural lives.”

Not if I have anything to say about it, Junkrat thought. He very nearly grinned but caught himself and attempted to look contrite instead.

“Remove the prisoners.”

A bailiff walked towards them to lead them from the courtroom. Junkrat could feel Roadhog’s eyes boring into the back of his head. He was evidently displeased with this outcome, as inevitable as it had been.

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Their sentence delivered, it wasn’t long before Junkrat and Roadhog were on their way to their assigned correctional facility. They were lucky enough to end up in the same prison, the only high security facility in the immediate area. Junkrat sat next to Roadhog in the back row of the bus, pleased that he could be with him outside of the courtroom now. Roadhog was not so cheerful.

“Aw, chin up, mate -- you and I both know we’re gonna bust out of here,” Junkrat said, low enough so the bus driver and the guard stationed at the front of the bus wouldn’t overhear. “S’only temporary.”

“Do you think this is some kind of game?” Roadhog growled. "You have no weapons. You're going to be by yourself in the same cell for 20 hours a day. How the hell are you going to accomplish that?"

"I'll think of somethin'! Ya really doubtin' me?"

Roadhog grumbled in assent. "Yes. Your last plan was shit."

Junkrat was crestfallen. "S'not my fault the pigs showed up. I can do this, Roadhog, promise." He attempted to cross his heart with one finger, but his handcuffs protested with a clink, the chain around his waist preventing him from lifting them up far enough. "Got us into this mess, I'll get us out."

"You better."

Junkrat stared at his lap. He had been entirely confident in his ability to engineer an escape plan, but Roadhog's lack of faith in him was causing him to cast doubt as well.

The bus driver filled the ensuing silence. He impressed on them how lucky they were that Australia had abolished the death penalty. In his humble opinion, they were getting off easy with life imprisonment in maximum security. Junkrat did not give even a single fuck about his opinion.

The prison was an imposing structure: cinderblock and massive, electric chain link fences topped with spirals of razor wire. Junkrat, Roadhog, and the few other convicts on the bus were all led through the yawning prison doors, shuffling in their shackles.

Junkrat didn’t have a problem with other people seeing him naked, necessarily, but strip searches were demeaning. Especially when he had to remove his peg leg and mechanical arm so they could be searched for contraband or hidden weapons. He was immensely grateful when the strip search and processing was over and he was escorted to his cell.

“It’s your lucky day,” the correctional officer who was leading the way said. “We’re on a tight budget and doubling down on some cells in max. You get a cellmate who is just as violent as you. Congratulations!”

Junkrat perked up at that. “Roadhog?” he said hopefully.

“Thatcher.”

“Oh,” Junkrat said, his dejection evident.

The high security facility consisted of several cells circled around a central living area that was entirely deserted. All but one of the cells was occupied, and Junkrat hoped that if he couldn't get the last single cell, that Roadhog would. The man was big enough that he would not do well sharing a five by three meter cell with another person.

The guard stopped Junkrat outside one of the occupied cells. "Kneel down," he ordered. It was challenging when he was so heavily restricted by chains, but Junkrat obeyed. The guard removed the waist chain and the cuffs around his wrists -- he had gotten away with not having to wear ankle shackles, given that it was impossible to secure a cuff around his peg leg.

"Pop cell 21," the guard said into the radio clipped to his waist, and the door to his cell slid open with a drawn out, excruciating screech of metal. The guard's hand was on his belt, ready to whip out the pepper spray in case his cellmate had any funny ideas about trying to make a run for it. Junkrat was hauled to his feet and shoved into the cell.

"Welcome to your new home," the guard said with a nasty grin. "Better get used to it."

Junkrat massaged his wrists, sore from the too-tight handcuffs. "Will do." He would not get used to it; with any luck, he wouldn't be in here for more than a few months at most.

The door closed behind them with a clang that reverberated through his bones. Junkrat turned to his new cellie. "Thatcher, eh?"

Thatcher was an unkempt man with shaggy brown hair who wore the look of someone who had been in the system long enough to stop caring about appearances. He nodded, but his expression was suspicious, and he kept as much distance from Junkrat as possible, given the size of their cell. "You?"

"Junkrat." He put his hands on his hips and surveyed his surroundings. It wasn’t much to look at: a small square of solid concrete, a bunk bed, a dingy toilet, a "mirror" in which he could barely see his face, given that it was made out of dull metallic tin. Glass could very easily be weaponised.

"So here's the deal," his roommate was saying, and he forced himself to pay attention. "The bottom bunk is mine. The portable TV is mine, that corner by the bed is mine. You touch my stuff, you lose your other hand. Got it?"

Junkrat wanted to argue against the bed situation -- climbing onto the top bunk with a missing leg was going to be a challenge, to say the least. "Crystal clear," he said. If he was going to spend an indefinite amount of time cooped up with this guy, he should at least try not to tread on his toes. He nodded at the window of their cell door. “So, when do we get to go out there?” He had been filled in on the terms of life in the high security unit: 22 hours of isolation in their cell, one hour of recreation time, one hour in the exercise yard in small groups, and fifteen minutes to shower. He had been warned that this was his only chance for face to face social interaction with other inmates, and it could be revoked. Problem inmates spent their time out of their cell by themselves, under full supervision of a guard. At least it wasn’t supermax, Junkrat reasoned. There, he would have gotten zero social interaction whatsoever. He was fairly certain that it was only their immediate confession of guilt that kept them from being locked up in supermax off the bat.

Thatcher laughed, a harsh bark. “You missed it. You're gonna have to wait 'til tomorrow.”

Junkrat was dejected; he had been looking forward to seeing Roadhog and being able to freely communicate with him for the first time since their arrest. He was still going to try. He pressed flat against his cell door. 'Oi, Roadhog!” he shouted. “Roadhog! What cell are ya in?”

There was a pause, and he was momentarily concerned that Roadhog was still pissed off at him, or that he was too far down the line to be clearly heard. “Cell 23.”

Junkrat giggled and did a little dance of glee. Thatcher stared at him warily, clearly concerned about the caliber of roommate he had been assigned. “Brilliant, that's just what, two doors down? Look, we ain't gettin’ outta our cells today, but at least we can talk!”

“Over my dead body!” another inmate shouted from somewhere on Junkrat's left. “I'm already sick of hearing yer voice.”

Junkrat was about to angrily retort, but he heard the unmistakable sound of Roadhog's low laughter. Roadhog had definitely said the same thing to him before. He grinned, his anger forgotten. He still loved hearing Roadhog laugh. It had yet to stop being novel to him. “Yeah, sure, I'll oblige ya for now, but I can't make no promises for the future!”

“Fuck you!” the other inmate snarled back. “If you start yelling and giggling like that again, I swear to god I'll--”

“Take it,” Roadhog’s deep voice interrupted. “It's as good an offer as you're going to get from him.”

The other inmate audibly grumbled but dropped the line of argument.

“That's Maynard,” Thatcher explained. “You'll probably never have to deal with him in person. He’s lost just about all of his privileges. Fuckin’ idiot, if you ask me. We don't have half the privileges of gen pop -- you'd think he’d try not to jeopardise them.”

“Sounds like a dipstick to me,” Junkrat agreed. He eyed the portable TV that Thatcher had been referring to and the microwave on the only storage cabinet available. “So, ah, where’d ya get those?”

“Commissary,” Thatcher answered.

Junkrat perked up. “Any other electronics there?” This was good news; all of his idle thoughts about escaping from prison hinged on the manufacture of weapons, and if he could engineer some explosives, even better.

“Yeah. Get a list next time the screws come around, I don’t have time to explain everything to you.”

“Ain’t time the only thing we have here?” Junkrat pointed out. Thatcher gave him a dirty look in response.

“Fine, maybe I just don’t want to, then.”

“Eh, fair enough.”

It took a few tries, since his peg leg was a hindrance, but Junkrat hoisted himself into the top bunk. The mattress was poor by most standards, flat as a sandwich and not terribly comfortable, but it was more than he had in the Outback. The shabby blanket wasn't much better, frayed and made out of scratchy material. He picked at one of the loose threads and found that he could unravel it all the way down the length of the blanket. He oohed and pulled loose several more threads and began braiding them together, an inkling of an idea forming in his mind.

Thatcher, who had been laying on the concrete floor (“Bad back,” he explained) and reading a book, looked up at him suspiciously. “The shit are you doing?”

Junkrat shrugged and kept twisting the strands together. It was no explosive building, but it gave him something to do with his hands. He wasn't made for keeping still, needing something to keep his mind or body active. “Tryin’ somethin’ out. Do ya have a piece of paper and a pencil I can borrow?”

“If I did, why should I give them to you?”

It was a fair question. Nothing came free. Junkrat paused his braiding and considered it. “I'll give ya part of my dinner?”

“Deal.” Thatcher ripped the end pages out of his book and produced a small, dull pencil.

“Thanks, mate!” Junkrat finished off his braided line of string and hopped off the bed. He laid down on the ground and spread out the paper, gripping his newfound writing utensil in his left hand.

He began the painstaking process of writing out a letter: “Roadhog: Cellie says there's a commissary. Think we can find a way to make a withdrawal from our bank?”

He tied the note and the pencil to the end of his thin woven rope and crouched near the cell door. He cast out his homemade fishing line, swinging it in a wide arc. It took a few gos, with Roadhog directing him to go closer or father as necessary, but he was eventually able to send the parcel whizzing under the narrow slot of Roadhog's cell door.

He waited until he felt a tug at the line before carefully reeling it back in. On the back side of the page was Roadhog's reply, a bunch of numbers and letters that made no sense to him and the message: “Yes. Add Ava to your phone and visitor list.” It was brief, but there wasn’t much more that needed to be said in response. Everything else Junkrat wanted to communicate could wait until they saw each other in person the next day.

Junkrat clambered back onto his thin mattress and laid there, staring at Roadhog’s note. His handwriting was remarkably small and fine for someone with such huge hands.

He fell asleep with the piece of paper covering his face.

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‘Wake Up, Mr. Barr: It’s 2019’

U.S. Attorney General William Barr was right to describe how difficult the job of the police is, and what an important role they play when he addressed the Fraternal Order of Police biennial convention in New Orleans this week.

But unfortunately, he also used the opportunity to lob unfounded criticism at some large-city District Attorneys whom he labels “social justice” reformers.

Barr described these duly-elected District Attorneys as “anti-law enforcement” DAs, who let criminals off the hook and refuse to enforce the law. He characterized them as “demoralizing” to law enforcement and dangerous to public safety.

Here’s what the nation’s chief law enforcement officer said about them:

Once in office, they have been announcing their refusal to enforce broad swaths of the criminal law. Some are refusing to prosecute various theft cases and drug cases. And when they do deign to charge a criminal suspect, they are frequently seeking sentences that are pathetically lenient. So these cities are headed back to the days of revolving- door justice. The results will be predictable. More crime; more victims.

That’s simply wrong.

Moreover, Barr’s admiration for tough-on-crime policies is profoundly misguided.

I have been studying progressive District Attorneys and their role in criminal justice reform for several years. I am currently in the process of interviewing progressive DAs around the nation.

And I can report first-hand that their primary goal is to enhance public safety by implementing smart, evidence-based policies for reducing crime, recidivism and victimization.

To say that these prosecutors are anti-law enforcement and that their policies will result in more crime and more victimization simply shows how ill-informed Barr is regarding crime and criminal justice.

Indeed, many prosecutors are electing to not prosecute cases involving small amounts of marijuana and in some cases, minor theft. Others are developing pretrial diversion programs for individuals involved in lower level crimes and those with mental illness and substance abuse problems.

Progressive DAs are also developing policies that keep offenders out of jail awaiting disposition of their cases.

There is nothing in these policies that will increase crime and victimization. On the contrary, scientific evidence clearly shows that these will enhance public safety.

Since the facts about progressive DAs do not support Barr’s characterizations, I’m left with the possibility that this is just another attempt to politicize criminal justice policy.

Here’s the translation: Progressive DAs are soft on crime; Barr and his boss, President Donald Trump, are tough on crime.

“Tough on crime” gave us the world’s largest and most expensive criminal justice system, the hallmark of which is the highest rate of correctional control (prison, jail, probation, and parole) and a $1 trillion price tag.

We have prosecuted a war on drugs that any casual observer would admit has been a profound failure, and extraordinarily expensive (another $1 trillion).

We continue to use the criminal justice system as the dumping ground for our inability or refusal to adequately fund public health. Today, 50 percent of those in the justice system are mentally ill, 80 percent have a substance abuse disorder, and the majority has some cognitive dysfunction.

Recidivism measures how many offenders are rearrested after they have been through the criminal justice system at least once before. Today the recidivism rate is 85 percent!

What these vilified District Attorneys are trying to do is implement smart on crime policies that avoid or reduce some of the negative effects of criminal prosecution and pretrial detention, and link individuals to important services such as mental health treatment.

I believe that they are true visionaries who are relying on valid scientific evidence in order to enhance public safety and save money.

William R. Kelly

We tried tough on crime back in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. We know how well that worked.

Mr. Barr, wake up, it’s 2019.

William Kelly is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of four recent books on criminal justice reform. He welcomes comments from readers.

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R. Kelly to Appear in NYC Court on Sex Charges

R. Kelly is due in a New York City court Friday for an arraignment on charges he sexually abused women and girls — but his attorney says they may be late because he was unable to locate the R&B singer after he landed in New Jersey Thursday.

The jailed Kelly was scheduled to appear at back-to-back hearings in federal court in Brooklyn, where he was expected to enter a not guilty plea and then seek bail, but lawyer Douglas Anton hasn't been able to meet with his client to prepare for their 10:30 a.m. arraignment, according to a letter Anton sent to Judge Steven Tiscione of the Eastern District of New York.

Prosecutor: More People Could Be Charged in R. Kelly Case

"I have spent the hours that followed his landing on the phone with the BOP at both New York MCC and Brooklyn MDC trying to locate my client, but no one would provide that information to me, even recognizing I am his attorney, instead directing me to bop.gov to find out where he would be," Anton wrote, explaining to the judge why he may need more time to meet with Kelly before the scheduled hearings.

The singer arrived at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport Thursday afternoon. Wearing a tan prison shirt and orange shoes, the R&B star had his hands cuffed in front of him and shuffled along the tarmac as an officer escorted him by the arm to a waiting pickup truck.

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Chopper 4 followed the caravan, sirens blaring, as it got onto the highway en route to Kelly's next holding facility, the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. But according to Anton, Kelly is still listed in Chicago jail on Federal Bureau of Prisons' website.

Friday's hearings follow Kelly's arrest last month in a separate Chicago case accusing him of engaging in child pornography.

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Kelly, 52, is charged in New York with exploiting five victims, identified only as "Jane Does." According to court papers, they include one he met at one of his concerts and another at a radio station where she was an intern.

The papers allege that Kelly arranged for some of the victims to meet him on the road for illegal sex. He had one victim travel in 2017 to a show on Long Island, where he had unprotected sex with her without telling her "he had contracted an infectious venereal disease" in violation of New York law, they say.

Kelly has been held without bail in Illinois since his arrest.

Lawyers for Kelly have asked a New York judge to grant him bail so he can better fight the charges as they also seek his release in Chicago. Defense papers label his accusers "disgruntled groupies."

They are also asking for the judge to make the victims' names public so they can prepare a proper defense. Anton argued in his letter to the judge that some of the victims who were "under 18" at the time of Kelly's alleged crimes in the states of Illinois, Connecticut and California were 16 or 17 and their alleged relationship to the singer "may not give rise to criminal conduct" because the age of consent in Connecticut is 16.

The alleged victims "sought out Robert's attention, even fought each other for it, voluntarily contacted him, came to his shows, pined to be with him," the defense papers say. "Robert would spend his time and even become friends with and care about these groupies and fans who were dying to be with him."

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R. Kelly back in jail after child-support hearing

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CHICAGO — R. Kelly was taken back into custody Wednesday after appearing at a child-support hearing, authorities said, hours after the broadcast of an interview in which the R&B star cried and ranted about being “assassinated” by allegations of sexual abuse that led to criminal charges last month.

A spokeswoman for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said Kelly would not be released from jail until he pays $161,000 in back child support.

Kelly’s publicist, Darryll Johnson, said Kelly came to the hearing prepared to pay $50,000 to $60,000, but the judge wanted the whole amount. He said Kelly did not have the whole amount because he has not been able to work.

“He came here expecting to leave. He didn’t come here to go to jail,” Johnson said.

Addressing the court’s refusal to accept the smaller amount, he said “in the end nobody wins. The kids still don’t have any money.”

The singer’s next hearing is scheduled for March 13, sheriff’s spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said.

Kelly was charged last month with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse and has pleaded not guilty. He spent a weekend in jail before someone posted his $100,000 bail. His defence attorney said at the time that Kelly’s finances were “a mess.”

The interview with “CBS This Morning” was Kelly’s first since he was charged . Kelly called his accusers liars and alleged that people are after him for his money. He told interviewer Gayle King that he never sexually abused women or controlled their lives.

The 52-year-old singer is accused in Chicago of sexually abusing four females dating back to 1998, including three underage girls.

“All of them are lying,” Kelly said in segments of the interview broadcast Wednesday. “I have been assassinated.”

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At one point during the interview, Kelly angrily stood up and started pacing, his voice breaking as he yelled: “I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me!”

He cried as he hit his hands together. “I’m fighting for my (expletive) life,” he said.

Kelly, who is out on bail following his Feb. 22 arrest in Chicago, said earlier in the interview that he had done “lots of things wrong” in relationships with women, but said he has apologized. He denied doing anything against their will. The songwriter said he believes social media is to blame for fueling the allegations.

“I have been buried alive, but I’m alive,” he said, later adding that he needed someone to help him “not have a big heart.”

When pressed about whether he was attracted to younger women, Kelly said: “I’m an older man who loves all women.” He acknowledged being in a relationship with two young women who live with him.

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The recording artist has been trailed for decades by allegations that he violated underage girls and women and held some as virtual slaves. Kelly has consistently denied any sexual misconduct and was acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008. Those charges centred on a graphic video that prosecutors said showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13.

He and the girl allegedly seen with him denied they were in the 27-minute video, even though the picture quality was good and witnesses testified it was them. She did not take the stand. Kelly could have gotten 15 years in prison.

As part of the current case, prosecutors have described a witness who had access to videotapes showing Kelly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. The witness turned the tape over to authorities and identified the girl, who repeatedly states her age on the footage, according to court documents.

Interviews with the two women who live with Kelly will air Friday, including one young woman whose parents say she is being held against her will. Kelly suggested during the interview that the woman’s parents were in it for the money and blamed them for his relationship with their daughter, saying they brought her to watch him perform when she was a teenager.

A lawyer for the couple bristled at the allegation, saying Timothy and Jonjelyn Savage never asked for or received money from Kelly. The couple said they have not spoken to their 23-year-old daughter for two years and asked Kelly to make her available to talk to them.

Timothy Savage, left, and his wife Jonjelyn Savage discuss their daughter’s relationship with R&B singer R. Kelly at a press conference with their attorney on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)

“At no point did this family sell their daughter to anyone or provide their daughter for anything for money,” attorney Gerald Griggs said Wednesday during a news conference.

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CBS said it interviewed Kelly for 80 minutes. More of the interview is expected to air Thursday.

In an excerpt that aired Tuesday night, Kelly told King that allegations of him having sex with and abusing underage girls were “not true.” He called them “rumours.” When King asked Kelly if he has held women against their will, he replied, “That’s stupid!”

“Use your common sense. Forget the blogs, forget how you feel about me,” Kelly said. “How stupid would it be for me, with my crazy past and what I’ve been through — oh right now I just think I need to be a monster and hold girls against their will, chain them up in my basement, and don’t let them eat, and don’t let them out.”

King told Kelly that he seemed to be “playing the victim card.”

“I’m just telling the truth,” he replied. He said he was emotional “because this is the first time I was able to say something.”

Kelly noted his acquittal in the child porn case and accused prosecutors of trying the same case again.

“When you beat something, you beat it. You can’t double jeopardy me like that. It’s not fair,” he said.

Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for two Kelly accusers, responded to Kelly’s double jeopardy comment Tuesday on Twitter.

“He fails to understand that it doesn’t matter ‘how long ago’ it happened. And he also has no clue as to how ‘double jeopardy’ works,” the attorney tweeted.

In a follow-up tweet, Avenatti addressed the emotion that Kelly shows in the interview: “R. Kelly’s tears are out of fear and despair. Because he knows that after over two decades of sexually abusing underage girls, we blew this wide open and have him and his enablers dead to rights.”

R. Kelly’s tears are out of fear and despair. Because he knows that after over two decades of sexually abusing underage girls, we blew this wide open and have him and his enablers dead to rights. #Justice

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 6, 2019

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R&B star R. Kelly has been taken into custody for failure to pay more than $160,000 in child support to his ex-wife and their three children. Kelly was detained by the Cook County Sheriff in Illinois and will be transported to the county jail on Wednesday evening, sheriff's department spokesperson Sophia Ansari told NPR. The 52-year-old singer will remain in custody, Ansari added, until he pays what he owes — $161,633.00. His next court date in the matter was set for March 13. Kelly was released from jail a little more than a week ago after being indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. On Wednesday, CBS This Morning broadcast the first parts of the first interview Kelly has given since the indictment. The conversation, which journalist Gayle King taped Tuesday at Kelly's apartment at the Trump Tower Chicago, began airing on Wednesday in three segments on CBS This Morning. The network says it will air more from the interview on Thursday and Friday. Kelly was charged in Cook County in February on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four alleged victims, three of them minors. As he has throughout his career, Kelly denied all the allegations against him during the interview. By turns belligerent, tearful and relatively calm, he also asserted that the women who have accused him are chasing money and fame of their own. YouTube The most striking element of the interview was Kelly's behavior. In narrated commentary, King said the singer became outwardly emotional several times. At one point, he stood towering over a calm King, literally shrieking, crying, pounding his fists and beating his chest on camera while a handler held him back. It was an astonishing visual, especially given the decades-long list of public accusations from women who say Kelly abused them — and considering that the interview may well be used in court. "Y'all trying to kill me!" he screamed. "You're killing me, man! This thing's not about music. I'm trying to have a relationship with my kids, and I can't do it. Y'all just don't want to believe the truth!" Among Kelly's past accusers is his ex-wife, Andrea Kelly, who alleged physical abuse in a 2018 interview. Last month, multiple press outlets reported that according to court documents, Kelly owes more than $160,000 in unpaid child support from that relationship. In January, Kelly's estranged daughter, Buku Abi (whose birth name is Joann Kelly), posted a lengthy note on Instagram in which she called her father a "monster" and wrote: "My mother, siblings, and I would never condone, support or be apart [sic] of ANYTHING negative he has done and or continues to do in his life." MUSIC NEWS The Allegations Against R. Kelly: An Abridged History In the course of speaking with King, Kelly made a startling new accusation. King broached the subject of two women who are currently living with him, 23-year-old Joycelyn Savage and 21-year-old Azriel Clary; the women's parents have claimed that their daughters are being held in an R. Kelly "cult," an allegation first made public in a 2017 BuzzFeed investigation. In the CBS interview on Wednesday, Kelly asked: "What kind of father, what kind of mother, will sell their daughter to a man?" He alleged that the two women's parents had approached Kelly when their daughters were teenagers, with hopes that Kelly would make their children into stars. He also intimated that the parents had received some kind of compensation from him. Both women's parents responded to Kelly's comments on Wednesday morning. Through their lawyer, Michael Avenatti, the Clarys stated: "We never received a penny from R. Kelly. We have never asked R. Kelly for money. And we never 'sold' our daughter to him or anyone else. R. Kelly is a desperate liar and serial abuser of young girls who should die in prison." The lawyer for the Savages, Gerald Griggs, wrote on Twitter: "At no point did the Savages sell #JoycelynSavage to @rkelly. No money was ever requested or given to the Savages." CBS says Gayle King also spoke directly to both Savage and Clary and will air conversations with them on Friday morning.

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