A LAWYER for R&B singer R Kelly has said his client denies all allegations of sexual misconduct, including those made in a recent documentary – although he says neither he nor Kelly have watched the entire series.
Steve Greenberg defended the recording artist after a prosecutor in Chicago this week urged potential victims to come forward following the broadcast of documentary Surviving R Kelly, which revisited old allegations and brought new ones into the light.
Greenberg portrayed Kelly as a victim of a television hit piece.
“The allegations aren’t true because he never knowingly had sex with an underage woman, he never forced anyone to do anything, he never held anyone captive, he never abused anyone,” he said.
He could not say whether Kelly, 52, ever met or lived with the women interviewed in the Lifetime show.
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