Dominque Gardner, whose surprise defection from R. Kelly was one of the key moments in Surviving R. Kelly, agreed to speak on camera for the first time about her time with the singer for Lifetime’s upcoming docuseries Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning.
“Before Dominque met R. Kelly, she was this bubbly teenager,” her mother Michelle Kramer says in the clip. “But after R. Kelly, she was dark. She was like a loner; she didn’t want to be bothered with nobody.”
Kramer’s efforts to reestablish contact...
“Before Dominque met R. Kelly, she was this bubbly teenager,” her mother Michelle Kramer says in the clip. “But after R. Kelly, she was dark. She was like a loner; she didn’t want to be bothered with nobody.”
Kramer’s efforts to reestablish contact...
- 12/30/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
A pair of R. Kelly accusers detailed their allegations of sexual abuse against the singer in a Dateline special that aired Friday night on NBC.
“Accused: The R. Kelly Story” featured new interviews with Tracy Sampson, who first spoke to the Washington Post in May 2018, and Jerhonda Pace, the subject of an August 2017 Buzzfeed exposé. Both women claim that they were underage when they entered into a sexual relationship with Kelly.
Sampson, now 36 years old, told Dateline she was a 16-year-old intern working at Epic Records in 1999 when she met Kelly.
“Accused: The R. Kelly Story” featured new interviews with Tracy Sampson, who first spoke to the Washington Post in May 2018, and Jerhonda Pace, the subject of an August 2017 Buzzfeed exposé. Both women claim that they were underage when they entered into a sexual relationship with Kelly.
Sampson, now 36 years old, told Dateline she was a 16-year-old intern working at Epic Records in 1999 when she met Kelly.
- 1/19/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The unfolding R. Kelly story took another turn when one of his alleged victims accused the singer of attempting to silence her by way of threats. At a Manhattan press conference Monday, Faith Rodgers, alongside a support team that included high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred, claimed that Kelly engaged in “efforts to intimidate and retaliate against” Rodgers in light of two suits she has filed against him and for her role in Lifetime’s highly-viewed Surviving R. Kelly series.
Rodgers claims she met Kelly when she was flown to one of...
Rodgers claims she met Kelly when she was flown to one of...
- 1/14/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
When Michelle Kramer moved to Country Club Hills, Illinois, she didn’t know much about R. Kelly — but soon, her young daughter, Dominique Gardner, became a superfan. In 2010, shortly after she graduated from high school, Gardner met the singer, who lived in the nearby Chicago suburb of Olympia Fields, through a MySpace friend. She soon began spending time with him, living at home while becoming part of the superstar’s inner circle. In 2013, after graduating from a program to become a dental hygienist in Chicago, Gardner moved to Atlanta with Kelly.
- 1/14/2019
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
A mother attempts to reunite with her estranged daughter, a member of R. Kelly‘s alleged sex cult, in this clip from tonight’s two-part finale of the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly.
During the episode, Michelle Kramer recounts how her daughter Dominique Gardner, then working as a dental assistant in Chicago, fell into Kelly’s circle, with the singer eventually asking that she move to Atlanta.
“At this point, she was 21, 22. What could I do? I had to make the hardest choice,” Kramer said. “All I could do is...
During the episode, Michelle Kramer recounts how her daughter Dominique Gardner, then working as a dental assistant in Chicago, fell into Kelly’s circle, with the singer eventually asking that she move to Atlanta.
“At this point, she was 21, 22. What could I do? I had to make the hardest choice,” Kramer said. “All I could do is...
- 1/5/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
R. Kelly allegedly kept a mother from seeing her daughter for years -- and the mother went on a hunt to track her down -- and it all happens on video for Friday's episode of Lifetime's "Surviving R. Kelly." In the clip you see Michelle Kramer getting emotional as she tries to locate her daughter, Dominique Gardner ... tracking her down at a hotel and trying to bring her home. The mother blames Kelly for keeping her family apart,...
- 1/4/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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