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R. Kelly: "I'm Not a Monster"
So goes an interview with the embattled R&B singer who, after getting buried in recent weeks by allegations of sex with underage women, finally made the media rounds Wednesday night to defend himself.
In a taped interview with Black Entertainment Television's Ed Gordon, the Grammy-winning crooner (real name: Robert Kelly) denied that he taped himself having sex with a 14-year-old girl. The claim is currently being investigated by Chicago police, after the videotape--featuring a man who looks like Kelly--was distributed to several media outlets.
"I've done a lot of wrong things in my life, but I am not a criminal," Kelly told BET Tonight. "I am not a monster that people are saying I am. And if people out there have a tape of me and they're saying it's with me and a young girl, a minor, then they're sadly mistaken or they're lying.
"I can say it in all confidence that it's not me because I didn't do it," he added. "I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see."
Kelly, a 35-year-old married father of two, has already settled two civil lawsuits brought against him involving underage-sex allegations. A third lawsuit was filed just last month by 20-year-old Patrice Jones, who claims she had sex with Kelly when she was 16.
He and his attorneys vehemently denied the charges, and Kelly told Gordon that he regretted settling the first two lawsuits, after his lawyers advised him it wasn't worth his time to fight them. (He does intend, however, to fight this latest lawsuit.)
Kelly, whose hits include the Grammy-winning "I Believe I Can Fly," has been dogged by controversy as far back as 1994, when the then-25-year-old singer secretly tied the knot with 15-year-old singer Aaliyah. The marriage was quickly annulled once her parents found out.
For his part, Kelly sees no connection between the marriage and the current allegations. "It has nothing to do with this," he sad. "I don't really think it's fair to say anything about Aaliyah."
This latest scandal exploded in February, when the 27-minute sex tape was mailed anonymously to the Chicago Sun-Times. Kelly's former protégée, Sparkle, who collaborated with the singer on his 1998 hit "Be Careful," later told a Los Angeles radio station that the victim was her now-17-year-old niece.
Kelly told BET that Sparkle was merely bitter because he didn't produce her next album.
He did, however, mention he has problems in his life that he's trying to work out. Kelly didn't say what his trouble was, but he says he's seeking guidance from a church pastor.
"I feel that I need help for that, I'm getting help for that...I've done a lot of things in my life right now that I'm trying to get help for," he said. "I'm very concerned about my career, but most of all I'm concerned about my life...I'm trying to protect my life right now."
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