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-Lurid Crime Tales-
R. Kelly blames the parents of two young women he lives with for giving their daughters up to him in exchange for money
2019-03-07
Doesn't this type of activity violate the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation ?
As I recall, the 1863 proclamation only applied to the slave states then in revolt against the federal govnrement, not to the entire country.
[Insider] R. Kelly lashed out at the parents of two women who are allegedly members of his "sex cult," telling Gayle King on "CBS This Morning" that they sold their daughters to him and are now upset because they aren't making money from him.

"What kind of father, what kind of mother, would sell their daughter to a man?," Kelly said. "How come it was OK for me to see them until they were getting no money from me?"
It's not personal, it's just business.
The two women ‐ 21-year-old Azriel Clary and 23-year-old Joycelyn Savage ‐ are allegedly members of a "sex cult" where Kelly reportedly holds women against their will. Journalist Jim DeRogatis first wrote about the alleged cult in an article published by BuzzFeed News in 2017. He didn't identify Clary and Savage by name, but their parents later confirmed their identities.

Read more: R. Kelly was charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse after decades of accusations. Here are all the allegations against him.

Kelly, who is 52, said he's simply dating both women, who live with him in his Chicago apartment. He told CBS News he was like the "other guys" who date "five or six women" at a time. He denied having sex with Clary when she was 17, but said "her parents wanted me to."
Posted by:Besoeker

#12  Similar stories back in the day of parents taking cash to leave their kids with Michael Jackson. Don’t know if those were true or not (corrie Feldman says not true for what it’s worth).
Posted by: Rjschwarz   2019-03-07 21:42  

#11  yeah they where cults. they all followed an ideology.
Posted by: chris   2019-03-07 21:20  

#10  Yeah, owning slaves does not violate the Emancipation Proclamation. But it does violate certain actual constitutional amendments (plus its, you know, immoral, if we actually care about that). Also, owning slaves is a lot of things, but it is not indicative of a cult. Thousands of societies have had slaves. Most weren't cults.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrack2366   2019-03-07 18:31  

#9  It's not a sex cult. Jesus. The man keeps a harem, and the women love being in it. To have a super-alpha male like R. Kelly? Dreamy.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2019-03-07 16:03  

#8  How does paying the parents for it make it better!?!?!?
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-03-07 12:22  

#7  Doesn't this type of activity violate the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation ?

Certainly pandering.
Posted by: Ulineque Chamble8851   2019-03-07 11:52  

#6  As word spreads on Capital Hill, Senator Robert Menendez was seen doing the floss to R. Kelly's "I'm a Flirt" in the congressional locker room.

It was early. I apologize for the awkward visual.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-03-07 11:19  

#5  Gayle King GF of Oprah, besties with Geffen.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-03-07 11:05  

#4  Made for teevee Kabuki theater. Now he's obviously too unhinged to testify or provide a meaningful defense. They'll soon by assigning to suicide watch, enhancing the drama.

But remember....."they're after my money'. Money that he obviously no longer has.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-03-07 10:14  

#3  CBS is very proud of their Gayle King, devoting the first six or seven minutes of the CBS Evening News to this interview not just last night but the night before last as well. Personally, I don't care what the man has to say. I couldn't even bear to listen to him. Let him tell it to a jury and let them decide his fate and I'm glad I won't be on that jury. Maybe I'm just too old to believe that hip hop stars or rappers or whatever he calls himself are all that newsworthy. The big news to me is that CBS wasted so much time on this guy when there are so many other things happening that are far more important.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-03-07 10:01  

#2  "What kind of father, what kind of mother, would sell their daughter to a man?,"


IIRC this is fairly common with a certain religion in MENA and the sub-continent.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-03-07 09:15  

#1  R. Kelly's Rastafarian religious and cultural defense team arriving very soon:

As it existed in Jamaica, Rastafari was not monogamous. Rasta men are permitted to have multiple female sex partners, while women are expected to reserve their sexual activity for their one male partner. Marriage is not usually formalised through legal ceremonies.

Upon R. Kelly 'OJ' acquittal, Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton offer use of "Lolita Express" and 39 room beach cottage on Little St. James, IS.

As word spreads on Capital Hill, Senator Robert Menendez was seen doing the floss to R. Kelly's "I'm a Flirt" in the congressional locker room.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-03-07 07:25  

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