R. Kelly Associates Might Have Helped Him Commit Sexual Assault
According to reports, R. Kelly may have had help committing sexual abuse against a minor.
According to prosecutors, the singer met one alleged victim who was celebrating her 16th birthday at a restaurant. His manager handed her Kelly’s business card with the star’s personal phone number on it, and told the teen Kelly wanted her to give him a call.
R. Kelly is charged with sexually abusing the girl once a month for a year after she retrieved the card from her mom’s purse and phoned the singer. In all, prosecutors accuse him of abusing four females, three of whom were between 13 and 17.
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for two alleged victims, said that over 10 Kelly associates, such as agents and security guards, could be exposed to criminal liability in the Chicago case for staying silent about abuse or actively assisting the singer to commit them.
As Michael pointed out, all 50 states require that certain professionals — including doctors and teachers — report any suspicions of child abuse, but only around a third mandate that all adults do. But unfortunately, Kelly’s home state of Illinois is not among them.