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R. Kelly has broken his silence in an emotional new interview, following his recent arrest on 10 counts of criminal sexual abuse against four women.
Speaking with Gayle King in an interview scheduled to air Wednesday on CBS This Morning, Kelly dismisses the allegations against him as “rumors.”
“People are going back to my past and they’re trying to add all of this stuff now to that, to make all of the stuff that’s going on now feel real to people,” Kelly says in promotional footage for the interview that aired Tuesday on CBS.
At one point, the 12 Play artist begins to cry as he declares he’s not guilty of abusing young women throughout his musical career.
“I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me. I am fighting for my f****** life,” Kelly exclaims. “How stupid would I be to do that?”
He also addresses accusations that he’s also holding women against their will, allegations that were highlighted in the recent Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly.
“How stupid would it it be for me, with my crazy past and what I have been through, now I need to be a monster and hold girls against their will and chain them in my basement and don’t let them eat?” Kelly lamented.
The singer also made a point to note that he was acquitted of child pornography charges in a trial nearly 10 years ago.
“Old rumors, new rumors, future rumors. Not true,” Kelly said. “You can’t double jeopardy me. That’s not fair. When you beat your case, you beat your case.”
Kelly was charged two weeks ago with 10 counts of felony criminal sexual abuse allegedly involving four minor females, three of whom were between between 13 and 16 years old. He spent three days in jail before being freed on $100,000 bond and has a court date scheduled for this Friday, March 8.
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