R. KELLY’S daughter has accused her dad of sexually abusing her as a child, detailing the allegations in an emotional interview.
Buku Abi, who was born Joanne Kelly, claims the convicted sex offender abused her when she was around eight or nine years old.
R. Kelly’s daughter, Buku Abi, pictured in the two-part documentary, R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey[/caption]
The 26-year-old made the allegations, which Kelly denies, in TVEI Network’s new two-part documentary, R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey.
“He was my everything” she says of her dad in the doc.
“For a long time, I didn’t even want to believe that it happened. I didn’t know that even if he was a bad person that he would do something to me.
“I was too scared to tell anybody. I was too scared to tell my mom.”
Abi says she told her mom in 2009, who took her to file the allegations in an anonymous report.
However, they were told cops would not be able to help as they had “waited to long” to speak out.
“I really feel like that one millisecond completely just changed my whole life and changed who I was as a person and changed the sparkle I had and the light I used to carry,” she said.
“After I told my mom, I didn’t go over there anymore; my brother [Robert] and sister [Jaah], we didn’t go over there anymore. And even up until now I struggle with it a lot.”
Joanne goes on to claim in the documentary that she was only eight or nine when the alleged abuse took place.
“I just remember waking up to him touching me,” she said through tears.
“And I didn’t know what to do, so I just kind of laid there, and I pretended to be asleep.”
Kelly has vehemently denied his daughter’s allegations.
In a statement shared with People the disgraced lawyers said, “His ex-wife made the same allegation years ago, and it was investigated by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services and was unfounded.
“And the ‘filmmakers,’ whoever they are, did not reach out to Mr Kelly or his team to even allow him to deny these hurtful claims.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673.
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