R. Kelly’s Daughter Accuses Him of Sexually Abusing Her As a Child

R. Kelly’s estranged daughter, Buku Abi — who called her father a “monster” in a lengthy statement after the release of the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries in 2019 — has now alleged that the singer sexually abused her when she was 8 or 9 years old. Abi (born Joann Kelly) made the claims in a new two-part TVEI documentary called R. Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey. “I just remember waking up to him touching me,” she says in the second episode, per People.