that premiered on Lifetime last year, has arrived, and  The first series premiered last January, and played a huge role in Kelly’s following arrest for  Both the first and second parts “Surviving ” centre the victims and their stories, allowing them to give their own personal accounts the abuse they claim to have faced at the hands R. Kelly, but there are also some stories told by those who were part Kelly’s inner circle, including his brothers.

On the premiere episode “The Reckoning,” Kelly’s brother, Carey and Bruce, described a situation in which they were exposed to a grown man’s genitals when they were kids. The Kelly brothers had a neighbour named Mr. Henry, who became “increasingly ***ual with them over time.” In one instance, he walked around half-naked in front them and pulled his penis out. As the three brothers ran out the house, Mr. Henry told them no to tell anyone. R. Kelly’s ex-wife, Andrea Kelly, confirms this story, saying that her ex-husband has confided in her about similar instances assault in the past.

While this awful situation happened to all three brothers, Carey and Bruce claimed that Mr. Henry tried more “inappropriate things” with R. Kelly, before their mother found out and called the police. The neighbourhood gave Mr. Henry a punitive beating after word spread about his abuse, but Mr. Henry eventually bribed the Kelly brothers’ mother with $5,000 if she agreed not to go to court, which she accepted. The brothers also indicate that Kelly was molested by a female family member years later, which Kelly has attested to as well. They said this childhood ***ual abuse changed him forever. While tragic, this course does not excuse Kelly for the abuse he’s been accused perpetrating himself for decades.