{"id":162572,"date":"2018-05-04T06:17:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T10:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162572"},"modified":"2018-05-04T06:17:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T10:17:47","slug":"singer-says-media-using-sex-allegations-to-kill-his-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/04\/singer-says-media-using-sex-allegations-to-kill-his-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer says media using sex allegations to kill his legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_162573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162573\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rkellytrappedinthecloset2007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162573\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rkellytrappedinthecloset2007.jpg\" alt=\"The R&amp;B artist says in a statement Friday that he's \u201cheartbroken\u201d by the accusations. (Photo By Andrew Steinmetz - https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andosteinmetz\/3448098887, CC BY-SA 2.0)\" width=\"400\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rkellytrappedinthecloset2007.jpg 400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rkellytrappedinthecloset2007-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The R&amp;B artist says in a statement Friday that he&#8217;s \u201cheartbroken\u201d by the accusations. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=49138938\">Photo By Andrew Steinmetz &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andosteinmetz\/3448098887, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Singer R. Kelly says the media is attempting to distort and destroy his legacy by reporting allegations that he sexually mistreats women.<\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;B artist says in a statement Friday that he&#8217;s \u201cheartbroken\u201d by the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Calling himself \u201ca God-fearing man, a son, a brother, and most importantly a father,\u201d Kelly says the media \u201chas dissected and manipulated these false allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008, but speculation about his alleged sexual misconduct has continued. Last month, the #MuteRKelly campaign was launched.<\/p>\n<p>He says he is currently not the subject of any criminal investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly says the accusations \u201cperpetuated by the media\u201d are an \u201cattempt to distort my character and to destroy my legacy that I have worked so hard to build.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Singer R. Kelly says the media is attempting to distort and destroy his legacy by reporting allegations &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":162573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18454,50570],"class_list":["post-162572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-r-kelly","tag-sex-allegations","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}