R. Kelly's goddaughter testified that they had sex "innumerable times" while she was underage

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Follow up to this postUsing the pseudonym Jane, R. Kelly's goddaughter, now 37, testified in federal court that she began visiting his studio regularly beginning when she was 12 or 13 when she accompanied her aunt Stephanie “Sparkle” Edwards. Sparkle said that Jane should ask Kelly to be her godfather. “(She said) I should sit on his lap and rub

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[kawaiiairbender]

:( I'm so sad and angry that she and so many other girls have dealt with that.

I hope she's doing better in her life.

I was thinking why wouldn't you pursue charges against someone that did that to your kid. But reading an adult's experience dealing with the court case against her abuser, I kinda get it.

She secretly recorded the ballet teacher who abused her and helped send him to prison.

But Katie Wee said she’s felt little justice:

"I’m more horrified now than when I started the process.” https://t.co/ot5RY2M5sC
- San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) August 13, 2022

Also, side note. I remember reading that R. Kelly's teachers suspected that he was being sexually abused. I wonder it was stopped and he got helped, he wouldn't have ruined so many girls/women's lives.

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[kawaiiairbender]

I know most don't but I just wonder if it was addressed or someone intervened if anything would have been different.

:( that's awful. Is it b/c it's hard to prove? Like even if you sign a waiver. You can't legally molest or assualt people.

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[silverstarry]

I had an Italian teacher (meaning she was born and raised in Italy) who was the nicest, kindest, and most patient teacher. She later said that her teachers in Italy were very cruel which made her school years really awful and that's why she never wanted her students to feel bullied, get yelled at, or be emotionally abused in the classroom.

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