R. Kelly’s daughter Buku Abi accuses him of sexually abusing her as a child

She continued: “He was my everything. For a long time I didn’t even want to believe it happened. I didn’t know he would hurt me even if he was a bad person.”

Jennifer Bonjean, a lawyer for Kelly, said he “vehemently” denies the allegations.

“His ex-wife made the same claim years ago, which was investigated by the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services and found to be unfounded,” she said in a statement to People magazine.

“And the ‘filmmakers,’ whoever they are, have not contacted Mr. Kelly or his team to even allow him to deny these hurtful allegations.”

Ms Bonjean was contacted separately by The Telegraph for comment.

Kelly, 57, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York in 2021 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The following year, he was convicted in Chicago of child pornography and luring minors for sex and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The judge ruled that Kelly’s two sentences would be served concurrently, meaning he will be eligible for parole at around age 80.

In 1994, Kelly married his first wife, Aaliyah, a 15-year-old singer. The New York court heard the marriage certificate had been forged to show her age as 18.