R Kelly has tearfully and angrily denied allegations of sexual abuse in the first interview since his arrest last month. Chicago prosecutors have charged Kelly with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, involving four alleged victims, three of whom were minors. Speaking to CBS news reporter Gayle King, Kelly said the earlier trial was being used to give the latest accusations credence. The star also denied accusations, raised in the recent documentary Surviving R Kelly, that he held women against their will, confiscating their phones, restricting their food, and denying them access to their families. Becoming emotional, he asked King: "How stupid would it be for R Kelly, with all I've been through to hold somebody?

Source: The Star March 06, 2019 13:07 UTC