'Surviving R. Kelly' latest installment famous 'chilling' details about abuser

When the Lifetime docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly" debuted four years ago, R. Kelly became a free guy.

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The R&B singer's career had long been tracked by allegations of abuse of underage girls

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which first surfaced in the early '90s, but he remained one of the most successful hitmakers

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Kelly was briefly jailed and put on trial on a 2002 indictment of 21 counts of child pornography.

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Kelly's circumvention of the justice system hurt her career as an artist, but it didn't stop her.

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It wasn't until the premiere of “Surviving R. Kelly” in early 2019 that public opinion began to change.

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The series was greenlit before the initial impact of the #MeToo action in October 2017

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The third and final installment of “Surviving R. Kelly” focuses on the trial that put Kelly at the bottom of bars,

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