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Reports: R Kelly is allegedly running a sex ‘cult’


Cape Town – According to an investigative article by Buzzfeed News, RnB singer R Kelly is reportedly holding women against their will in a sexual and abusive cult.

Buzzfeed quotes several parents who say their daughters have all been manipulated by Kelly who controls their whole life. According to one set of parents, they’ve been desperately trying to get their 21-year-old daughter back after she moved into one of Kelly’s properties. But they can’t report her as missing as she’s reportedly doing fine and staying there because she wants to.

Buzzfeed also spoke to three former members of Kelly’s entourage, who says the singer houses six women at his two properties - his Chicago recording studio and his Duluth, Georgia, "guest house". They told Buzzfeed that Kelly controls every aspect of the women’s lives, from what they eat to when they eat and even how and when they have sex, which he also reportedly films.

Describing him, sources told Buzzfeed that he’s a "puppet master" and that he calls the women his "babies" who in turn have to call him "daddy".

He also reportedly punishes the women both verbally and physically whenever they break his "rules". 

According to Buzzfeed, Kelly and the 21-year-old woman whose parents are trying to get her back, did not respond to comment on Friday. Instead she reportedly phoned her dad to invite him to one of Kelly’s shows and also informed him of the breast implants she recently received courtesy of Kelly.

Click here to read the full story on Buzzfeed.

UPDATE: R Kelly and alleged hostage speak out



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