You’re absolutely right, and this deserves to be shouted from the rooftops. He targets young women because they’re the most likely to lack the kind of life experience that might help them avoid the traps he sets, but the terrible fucking shit he gets up to would not be okay no matter what age they are.

Hopefully it’s a really investigation and not just something to get people off their backs. I imagine their phones have been ringing off the hook. 

Well, it’s ABOUT TIME. They had how many years to investigate....?

That one white juror on the sex tape trial they interviewed utterly stunned me. He basically said that he didn’t care about the testimony, he just didn’t like how the witnesses looked and how they spoke. He voted to acquit R. Kelly purely out of racist, sexist bullshit against the black women who were testifying. That…

Lots I could say...but I’ll just leave it at something that is also *quite disturbing* is Robert’s younger brother recapping the abuse they both experienced at the hands of their older sister. Lord, the layers of PTSD, for so many involved, are absolutely mind-blowing:

White people too. As far as I can tell, R. Kelly is basically invisible to white people. They might know the name and I Believe I Can Fly, but that’s it. Just some one hit wonder from 25 years ago.

The level of influence that a foreign state is having over the first amendment rights of American citizens is staggering. And that’s just Russia.

The Johns in the grays that always comment on stories about Cyntoia are gonna be MAD.

The sheer width and breadth of denial in the comments - thankfully mostly in the greys- is astounding. Not just “I don’t think Kelly is guilty”rather “keLly didn’t do nothing why are youbhating on this beautiful good fearing man he ain’t in jail he don’t do it plus all those women want to be there you just jealous.”

That’s not so amazing, with all these deniers and enablers.   You should read some of the comments in other threads.   Yes, even now.

• As of 2011, he was still in contact with the underage girl from the infamous sex tape

It was so disgusting.
Why did it take them six years to try the guy.  Insane

Still haven’t heard from Lady Gaga, who according to her is a victim of rape, but still quite eager to do a duet with R.Kelly and have as much exposure as possible.

Because all men benefit from patriarchy, and he has consistently targeted black girls (you probably already know this, just putting it out there for anyone who might not).

Someone PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME, how the hell is R. Kelly still roaming the streets???

This doc was featured on NPR this afternoon. He sounds like someone who should spend a long long time in prison.

Ok, is anyone watching the R. Kelly Documentary on Lifetime. I need to discuss.
All the people enabling and excusing his behavior is astounding.

Musicians have had a long history with statutory rape. The Daily Beast wrote about it after David Bowie’s death. https://www.thedailybeast.com/david-bowie-and-rock-n-rolls-statutory-rape-problem

It goes back to Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis (Lewis married his 13-year old cousin). Ted Nugent became the legal guardian…

That Lady Gaga song makes me wanna puke when I hear it. She’s put here sing “do what you want with my body” with a known fucking rapist. Fuck him and fuck her too. 

Where is the Jerry Sienfeld outrage? Entertainment Tonight runs a story of his then Girlfriend of 2yrs. FINALLY TURNING 18YRS. OLD. They had been dating 2yrs. already...the Guy was HUGE TV star durning this time. Yet, Drake, Drake, some other Black Guys are the only “Short Eyes” specialists?