In the summer of 2017, activists Kenyette Barnes andOronike Odeleye began the #MuteRKelly movement from their home base in Atlanta as a way to pressure corporations to financially divest themselves from the singer and bring attention to multiple sexual abuse allegations against the singer. As the movement went global, Barnes …
Read More »Lifetime Plots Jeffrey Epstein Docuseries, 'Surviving R. Kelly' Follow-Up
Lifetime is prepping a new docuseries about convicted sexual predator and wealthy hedge fund manager, Jeffrey Epstein, as well as a follow-up to its bombshell docuseries Surviving R. Kelly. A+E Networks president of programming Rob Sharenow announced the two series at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Tuesday. Sharenow …
Read More »R. Kelly's New York Federal Racketeering Arraignment Set for August
R. Kelly, currently being held in prison with no bond following his federal indictment in Chicago, will be brought to New York in August for his arraignment on racketeering and conspiracy charges. U.S. marshals will take the singer, who pleaded not guilty to charges of child pornography in the Chicago …
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