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R. Kelly's 26-Year-Old Daughter Buku Abi Alleges Childhood Sexual Abuse by Father in TVEI Network Docuseries

Oct 11, 2024, 08:08 PM

R. Kelly's 26-year-old daughter, Buku Abi, has revealed in a new docuseries, 'Karma: A Daughter’s Journey,' on TVEI Network, that she was sexually abused by her father as a child. Buku, also known as Joann Kelly, alleges that the abuse occurred when she was eight or nine years old. She expressed that she was too scared to tell anyone at the time. This revelation comes more than five years after Buku publicly supported R. Kelly’s survivors. R. Kelly has denied the allegations following the documentary's release.