R.Kelly 'Outraged' At Call For Investigation By Fulton Official: Report

ATLANTA, GA -- Singer R. Kelly is "outraged" at the call for an investigation into allegations that he is running a "sex cult" in metro Atlanta and Illinois, according to news reports. The reaction comes days after Fulton County Chairman and Atlanta mayor candidate John Eaves held a news conference demanding the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office open a criminal investigation against the singer.

Critics are also calling on county leaders to stop Kelly's concert at Atlanta's Wolf Creek Amphitheater on Aug. 25. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Fulton DA Paul Howard said that he is not going to investigate the artist, whose real name is Robert Kelly, at this time. He did acknowledge that he received a file from Johns Creek authorities, which is where Kelly's Georgia home is located.

"We are in the process of evaluating the file. Once the evaluation is complete, we will take the appropriate action," Howard said in a statement sent to USA Today. "We are not investigating Mr. Kelly; we are merely reviewing the informational file provided by the Johns Creek Police Department.”

Eaves said that information from Johns Creek authorities motivated him to hold Friday's news conference, which drew national attention.

“A detailed local investigation by the John Creek Police Department has provided key information that we
believe is enough evidence that gives the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office all it needs to advance a
criminal investigation of the well-known allegations," Eaves said in a written statement. "Today, I am asking District Attorney Paul Howard and his investigative officers and prosecutors to fully review
the report of the Johns Creek Police and follow every lead -- no matter where it leads, or who it implicates, and bring those persons to swift justice."

The claims center around a cadre of young women who have allegedly cut off much of their contact with their friends and family. The allegations, first reported by Buzzfeed, say that Kelly controls the minds of the women to a point that he even confiscates their phones and gives them new ones that only he can correspond on with them. He also allegedly demands that they wear jogging suits to cover up their figures around other men. The allegations stem from the parents of one of the women, a former Georgia Gwinnett College student, and former members of his inner circle.

In a statement to Kelly's rep, Trevian Kutti, said the singer is "outraged" by the Fulton Board of Commissioners', including Eaves' attempt "to interfere with his business interests and now, absent any authority, attempt to have him targeted for investigatio," USA Today reports.

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Kenyette Barnes-Harper, the legislative and policy director with the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice, formerly the Atlanta March for Social Justice & Women, told Patch that she is organizing a protest at the concert to raise awareness about the allegations against the singer. She lobbied the Fulton Commission to act and has also called on local radio stations to not play the singer.

"I do not think Atlanta radio is complicit, [but] I think that it's irresponsible" for them to play Kelly's music in light of the latest allegations, she said.. "Atlanta is the domestic sex trafficking hub of the U.S., with most victims being under the age of 18. For the radio community to give airtime to a performer, who's engaged in these acts, is reprehensible," she said.

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She added that she believes Fulton commissioners has a responsibility to taxpayers "to not allow a contract to Live Nation, for an artist who clearly demonstrates predatory behavior against a vulnerable population."

Live Nation has not backed out of the concert, as the Atlanta date remains on its website.

Photo by Charles Sykes | Associated Press