The R. Kelly Story Is Bigger Than Most People Know
<em>Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning</em> elaborates on well-known allegations from last year’s documentary. It also incorporates, and interrogates, the assertions of the singer’s defenders.
by Spencer Kornhaber
Jan 02, 2020
4 minutes
The first episode of Surviving R. Kellyfeatures two women who, unlike most of the women in the documentaries, are not reporting abuse by the star. Nor are they social commentators pondering why Kelly has gotten away with his alleged behavior for so long. They are, rather, R. Kelly’s former assistants, and they have thoughts on the first installments that . “The women I saw in the docuseries were the type of women that Robert would have picked,” says Lindsey Perryman-Dunn, who worked for Kelly from 1999 to 2007. “And you know what they’re upset about? That they didn’t get the limelight until they were on Lifetime television.” She closes her eyes and purses her lips: a face of
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