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Will R. Kelly be banned from entering Australia?
Future of controversial R&B star’s tour Down Under looks uncertain after ’90s battery conviction and allegations of sexual misconduct
Controversial American R&B star R. Kelly announced this week he will tour Australia and New Zealand in February 2019.
The 51-year-old Ignition singer will perform his first show in Brisbane on Friday, February 8.
However, the announcement has led to speculation the scandal-plagued star may be banned from entering Australia due to its strict visa regulations, after he was convicted of battery in the ’90s and also faced allegations of sexual misconduct.
‘Mr Kelly was cleared of all allegations and in our view, you are innocent until proven guilty.’
It comes after the likes of Chris Brown and Snoop Dogg (real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.) were banned from entering Australia due to their past convictions.
In 2015, Chris had to cancel his tours of Australia and New Zealand due to being denied a visa over his history of domestic violence.
In 2007, Snoop Dogg was banned due to drug and firearm offences.
It was previously reported by Billboard that R. Kelly was charged with simple battery and sentenced to one year unsupervised probation after a brawl at a health club in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1996.
Meanwhile, just last week R. Kelly made headlines when a New York screening of an upcoming documentary detailing abuse allegations against him was evacuated.
Phone threats were made to the Manhattan location where it was being held.
The documentary examines the singer’s history, and in particular allegations that he has sexually abused women and girls. He has denied any wrongdoing.
In May this year, it was reported that a former teenage girlfriend of R. Kelly – who is suing him for allegedly giving her herpes – claimed he also videotaped himself having non-consensual sex with her.
Faith Rodgers was 19 years old when she started dating R. Kelly, whom she met at a party after his concert in San Antonio, Texas. She claims that the relationship quickly became abusive.
She spoke to CBS News about her relationship with R. Kelly, saying she filed the lawsuit against him in New York for ‘willfully, deliberately and maliciously’ infecting her with herpes to warn other teenage girls who may come into contact with him.
Rodgers added that she believes Kelly was trying to bring her into a group of women that he lives with. Kelly has been accused of running a ‘sex cult’ with several women at his disposal.
The sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Rodgers is the latest in a string of accusations that the musician – whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – made women have sex with him.
The singer, however, recently said he has been left ‘heartbroken’ by the allegations, and has criticised the media for trying to distort and destroy his legacy by reporting allegations that he sexually mistreats women.
He was acquitted of child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008, The Guardian reported – but speculation about his alleged sexual misconduct has continued.
In October, R. Kelly’s ex-wife Andrea Kelly broke down during a TV interview while discussing their marriage, saying she suffers from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of an alleged assault by her then-husband.
‘I remember one time he attacked me in the back of a Hummer, and I do suffer from PTSD because of it,’ Andrea, who was married to the star for 13 years, told The View.
‘I thought I was going to die in the back of the Hummer because of what he had done.’
Andrea Kelly also spoke to The Sister Circle in June about the marriage, saying how it drove her to almost commit suicide and how she feels sorry for the young women who R. Kelly is now accused of keeping as ‘sex slaves’.
The former couple divorced in 2009. It was R. Kelly’s second marriage as he reportedly previously wed late singer Aaliyah when she was aged 15 and he was 27.
Article via DailyMail
Parents Of R. Kelly Victim Launch ‘Abuse Hotline’ Against The R&B Singer
The family of one of R. Kelly’s alleged abuse victims has created an “abuse hotline” for victims to report their encounters with the R&B singer.
Tim and Jonjelyn Savage first accused R. Kelly of brainwashing their daughter, Joycelyn, and holding her against her will in a July 2017 Buzzfeed article. The Savages said they haven’t seen their daughter since December 2016 and last spoke to her on the phone in December 2017. Though Joycelyn has come out to dispute her parents’ claims, she still remains with the singer.
According to Mic, the Savages have been inundated with calls from women or parents with their own stores of abuse by the R&B singer since the Buzzfeed article. Because many were too scared to speak out, it pushed the couple to launch the “R. Kelly abuse hotline” this week.
“One reason I feel that he’s been getting away with a lot of the allegations for the last two decades is because people feel he has money and power and they don’t have the resources to fight him,” Jonjelyn Savage told Mic.
R. Kelly has been accused of sexual misconduct for over two decades, but the calls for him to be held accountable have grown in the past two years. An online campaign to #MuteRKelly has picked up steam, resulting in several concerts being canceled. The singer was also called out earlier this year by influential women like Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, and #MeToo movement founder, Tarana Burke.
In July, he released a 19-minute song called, “I Admit,” apparently bearing his soul about a slew of topics from his illiteracy and his predilection for young women, to his current status as “a broke-a** legend” and “the most disrespected artist” in the game.
He has also denied all of the accusations against him, calling the recent #MuteRKelly and Time’s Up campaigns against him an “attempted public lynching.”
Courtsey of Andrea Kelly
Kelly’s wife, Andrea files for an order of protection alleging Kelly hit her. They later reconcile.
His ex-wife, Andrea Kelly, has also shared her own story of abuse while marriage, telling The View earlier this month that she wanted to bring “validity” to the women who have come out with sexual abuse claims against him.
The new hotline allows callers to leave a message detailing their allegations. As more people come forward, the Savages say they want to build a case against R. Kelly.
“There’s no age limit on being mind-controlled, drugged, brainwashed, there’s no age limit on that,” Jonjelyn Savage said. “So the more we have more young ladies or even men, or parents that are willing to speak out, the more we think it can help our daughter as well as helping other victims.”
Article via Essence
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