R. Kelly's Daughter Joann Kelly to Share a "Heartbreaking Secret"

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R. Kelly's estranged daughter has been carrying a heartbreaking puerility secret.

In a caller documentary, Joann Kelly, who besides goes by the name Buku Abi, shares details astir her acquisition increasing up with the R&B singer, who is serving a much than 30-year situation condemnation for enactment crimes against underage girls.

"He was my everything for a agelong time," Joann, who was not named arsenic 1 of the victims during Kelly's 2021 trial, says successful the TVEI Network's R. Kelly's Karma: A Daughter's Journey, arsenic seen successful a trailer released Sept. 29. "I didn't adjacent privation to judge it happened."

The 26-year-old continued, "I didn't cognize that adjacent if helium was a atrocious person, that helium would bash thing to me. I truly consciousness similar that 1 millisecond wholly conscionable changed my full life."

According to TVEI, successful the documentary, Kelly's girl "bravely reveals a heartbreaking concealed that shattered her childhood."

"If my lad asks questions I'm going to beryllium arsenic truthful arsenic possible," she said, "but I would not beryllium taking my lad to a situation to conscionable his grandfather."

Kelly volition beryllium 78 erstwhile helium eligible for merchandise from situation successful 2045. In April, a national appeals tribunal upheld his convictions connected kid pornography and enticement charges, much than 18 months aft the decision of his proceedings successful Chicago, WTTW reported.

Joann's mother, Kelly’s ex-wife Drea Kelly, besides appears successful the documentary. "Just due to the fact that you’re not a bully husband, doesn't mean you can’t beryllium a bully father. And the information that helium didn’t adjacent try," the 50-year-old said successful the trailer. "What helium did to me, helium did to me. But you didn’t person to bash it to my damn kids."

In 2019, Joann spoke retired astir her begetter aft the merchandise of the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, which chronicled allegations of maltreatment and pedophilia that others made astir the singer.

The task preceded an investigation against Kelly that helped pb to his 2022 conviction of racketeering and enactment trafficking, and a twelvemonth later, convictions for felony intersexual exploitation of a child, enticement of a female, and possession of worldly containing kid pornography.

"The aforesaid monster you each confronting maine astir is my father," Joann wrote connected her Instagram Story astatine the time. "I americium good alert of who and what helium is.  I grew up successful that house. My prime to not talk connected him and what helium does is for my bid of mind. My affectional state. And for MY healing. I person to bash & determination successful a mode that is champion for me."