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Evil under the spot light

Stepping on stage at the 1998 Grammy Awards in New York, R. Kelly took his place among music royalty.

Belting out his worldwide hit I Believe I Can Fly to a standing ovation.

Footage of a bald eagle soaring on a giant cinema screen behind him.

Elegant, beautiful.

Yet also one of the world’s most vicious birds of prey.

And R. Kelly was already spreading his own wings as a merciless sexual predator.

One willing to go to extraordinary lengths to hide his pursuit and abuse of vulnerable teenage girls.

In 1994, aged

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