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R. Kelly’s Daughter Accuses Him of Sexually Abusing Her As a Child

In a new documentary, Buku Abi alleges that she remembers “waking up to him touching [her]” when she was 8 or 9.

“His ex-wife made the same allegation years ago, and it was investigated by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services and was unfounded,” the statement said. In the documentary, Abi says she “didn’t even want to believe” that it happened and was initially too scared to tell anybody, but eventually reported the alleged abuse to her mother, Andrea Kelly, in 2009 as a 10-year-old. The motion, which was obtained by WBEZ in 2020, claims that Jane Doe’s mother was personally informed that a DCFS caseworker “believed that the events occurred,” but “had no choice but to deem the matter unfounded based on the length of time between the events occurring and Jane Doe reporting the incident.” Steve Greenberg, an attorney for Kelly at the time, denied the allegation to WBEZ as “100% false,” noting in a text message that it was “fully investigated by the police and DCFS and rejected.”

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