R Kelly threatens to SUE documentary makers over film portraying him as an ‘underage sex-mad cult leader’
The singer's lawyer has reportedly written to the Lifetime network asking them to pull the plug on tonight's programme
R KELLY has threatened to SUE documentary makers over a film portraying him as an underage sex-mad cult leader, it is claimed.
The six-part programme airing tonight in the US includes allegations about the singer abusing women and girls made by multiple family members, ex-colleagues and friends.
Kelly, 51, has described Lifetime's Surviving R Kelly as "packed with lies", celebrity .
According to the site, Kelly's lawyer Brian Nix wrote to the network threatening to file a federal lawsuit if it doesn't pull the plug on the programme.
Kelly claims that the subjects made false allegations to become famous, TMZ reports.
He also says that he possesses two audio recordings lasting five minutes each that show "some of the girls are lying, but the budget was too high to turn back now".
In the report Kelly was accused of confiscating the women's mobile phones so they cannot contact their friends and family.
But all the women concerned were found to be of legal age, and he was not charged with any offence.
The programme also addresses allegations from Jovante Cunningham, who claims to have witnessed the Ignition star commit statutory on the singer Aaaliyah, when she was a teenager.
Cunningham, a former backing singer, claimed she was on a tour with 15-year-old Aaliyah when she allegedly witnessed R-Kelly having sex with the teen pop star.
dir="ltr">Also during 1994 it was widely reported Kelly and Aaliyah had secretly married, but both denied it.
When asked what she saw, Cunningham replied: “Things that an adult should not be doing with a child.
“I can’t stress to you how people are still suffering behind things that went on 20 years ago.”
Kelly has been sued a number of times since the 90s, including by Patrice Jones, a Chicago woman who claims he impregnated her when she was underage, and that she was forced to have an abortion.
The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
He was acquitted of child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008.
A representative for Kelly said he "categorically denies all claims and allegations".
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