Published in July 2017, a second exposé by DeRogatis — sparked by a tip he received the previous year from a woman in Georgia who believed her daughter to be part of a sex cult run by Kelly — pointed at an organized system of abuse. The six-part Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly,” which aired in January 2019, further explored the allegations following the resurgence of the #MeToo movement in the entertainment industry and beyond. (Producer Dream Hampton tweeted after Monday’s verdict that she was “grateful to the survivors. The ones who talked and the ones who didn’t.”)

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2021 19:27 UTC