R Kelly has denied all the sexual allegations levied against him in an interview with CBS.
The singer who is facing fresh allegations of sexual assault was adamant the charges were made up. When asked if he had never being with underage girls, he said: “I’ll sit here and say this, I had two cases back then that I said at the beginning of the interview that I would not talk about because of my ongoing case now. But, I will tell you this: people are going back to my past and they’re trying to add all of this stuff now to that, to make all of the stuff that’s going on now feel real to people.”
When pressed further on his history of sexual assault, and if that was no longer relevant, he appeared to be angry, and said “you can’t double jeopardy me like that, it’s not fair, when you beat your case you beat your case.”
As the interview went on, he became emotional, even once pointing at the camera and shouted: “Is this camera on me?,”
Amidst tears, he added: “Stop it. All you quit playing. Quit playing. I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me! I’m fighting for my fucking life!”
NEW: R&B singer R. Kelly, charged with aggravated sexual abuse, angrily denied the accusations in a new interview with @GayleKing, insisting the claims are “rumors” & “not true.”
Kelly has pleaded not guilty; see the first clips here & watch @CBSThisMorning Wednesday at 7a ET. pic.twitter.com/5yT1QwPsIq
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) March 5, 2019