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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh R. Kelly Abuse Horror — Rapper Groomed Video Victim Reshona Landfair From the Age of 12… And Insisted She Called Him 'Daddy'
Reshona Landfair details years of grooming and abuse by R. Kelly, sharing her healing journey and testimony that contributed to his conviction.
- On February 3, Reshona Landfair broke decades of silence about the tape filmed when she was 14 as CBS Mornings released a clip; her memoir arrives this month via Grand Central Publishing.
- Introduced by her aunt Sparkle, R. Kelly embedded himself in Landfair's family, began inappropriate touching at 13, and a tape filmed at 14 leaked and circulated in 2001.
- Testifying in both 2008 and 2022, Landfair admitted lying to jurors about the explicit video, calling it her 'biggest regret' that pushed her to act after the 2019 series.
- Today, Landfair says she feels `liberated` and declares `My true self today is Reshona Landfair` as she reclaims her identity and mentors girls through her nonprofit.
- Kelly's lawyer said they haven't received an advance copy and cannot comment, while Landfair's aunt sought accountability after footage circulated without her consent for decades.
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'Robert's Brainwash': Jane Doe from R. Kelly's Infamous Tape Says the World Met Her Through His 'Fetishes' — But That Wasn't Why He Kept Her Around
The young girl from R. Kelly‘s shocking 2002 tape has broken her silence for the first time in a bombshell new interview. The video showed a girl who was 14 at the time in a leaked tape with now-incarcerated singer R. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, performing intimate acts with her. The footage later became central to his legal troubles, leading to child pornography charges, though a Chicago jury acquitted him in 2008. Reshona Landfair is r…
Reshona Landfair: Jane Doe From The R. Kelly Tape Breaks Her Silence, Says She Was Brainwashed By Singer—’I Was Empty’
For years after R. Kelly‘s imprisonment for sex trafficking and the production of child pornography, the legal system and the victim-blaming public spoke for the then-14-year-old girl in the singer’s infamous child pornography tape. Now, Reshona Landfair is finally telling her own story. In a new memoir and a recently released CBS Mornings interview, Landfair describes how she went from an aspiring singer to a “sex slave” held captive and “brain…
R. Kelly’s Lawyer Responds To Reshona Landfair’s Memoir About Alleged Grooming & Abuse, Reshona’s Aunt Sparkle Also Denies Grooming Her For Singer
As Reshonda Landfair releases her memoir about R. Kelly allegedly grooming and sexually abusing her as a teenager, the imprisoned singer's lawyer releases a statement and Landfair's aunt, R&B singer Sparkle, speaks out to deny grooming her niece for the Chicago crooner.
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