Kelly Price, a frequent collaborator of disgraced R&B singer R.Kelly, recently admitted she was never exposed to the Chicago native’s sexual misconduct during their time together.
“He never brought anything around me. People don’t believe it but he never, ever brought anything around me,” Price revealed while speaking to VLADTV. “He never acted weird. He never tried to make a pass. We, very much so, had a brother-sister [relationship].”
Although their friendship remained professional over the years, Price admitted that she heard multiple rumors about the star’s inappropriate behavior with underage girls. The “Friend of Mine” crooner said she believed her close relationship with Kelly’s family saved her from being exposed to the singer’s egregious ways.
When the interviewer asked Price what her thoughts were about Kelly’s convicted charges, the Gospel singer said flat out:
Unfortunately, according to Price, sexual misconduct and abuse are commonly seen throughout the music industry and it’s something that has been heavily ingrained into the culture.
“In this business—and nobody really wants to talk about it—in this business, that’s not odd, that’s actually the culture,” she said. “It’s the culture. Now that I have seen. I’ve seen mothers bring their daughters backstage. And that’s the thing nobody wants to talk about.”
On Sept. 27, R.Kelly’s decade-long sex trafficking trial came to an end. The 55-year-old R&B legend was found guilty on all nine counts including one count of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act.
The star also faces outstanding criminal charges for aggravated criminal sexual assault “involving four victims, three of which are minors in Illinois, as well as engaging in prostitution with a minor in Minnesota,” Newsweek noted.
Kelly’s sentence hearing is scheduled for May 4, 2022.
On August 10, 1992, Kelly Price and Jeffrey welcomed their son Jeff Rolle Jr. who is known as an American theatre and television actor.
