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R. Kelly’s estranged daughter, Buku Abi — who called her father a “monster” in a lengthy statement after the release of the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries in 2019 — has now alleged that the singer sexually abused her when she was 8 or 9 years old. Abi (born Joann Kelly) made the claims in a new two-part TVEI documentary called R. Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey. “I just remember waking up to him touching me,” she says in the second episode, per People. “And I didn’t know what to do, so I just kind of laid there, and I pretended to be asleep.” In response, Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean told People in a statement that Kelly “vehemently denies” these allegations. “His ex-wife…
