Joann Kelly, daughter of American singer R. Kelly, has accused her father of sexually abusing her during her childhood.
In a new two-part documentary series for the TVEI Streaming Network, titled Karma: A Daughter’s Journey, Joann revealed that she first reported the alleged abuse to her mother, Drea, in 2009.
While she did not go into specific details about the incidents, the 26-year-old expressed that her father’s current jail sentence is well deserved.
In her words;
“My father was my everything. For a long time, I didn’t want to believe that it happened. I didn’t know that he would do something to me even if he was a bad person.”
“I was too scared to tell anybody. I was too scared to tell my mom. I really feel like that one millisecond completely just changed my whole life, who I was as a person and the light I used to carry.“
“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.”
