"It took hell to get there": The legacy of "Surviving R. Kelly" bringing down a predator

Judging from the tenor of the limited headlines and social media posts about "Surviving R. Kelly: The Final Chapter," one might conclude that its main purpose is to confirm the most disgusting suspicions about convicted serial sex offender and child predator Robert Kelly. Unearthing never-before-revealed details about Kelly's ritualistic abuse tactics is not the reason this third and final entry in the "Surviving R. Kelly" docuseries is important. Jovante Cunningham in "Surviving R. Kelly: The Final Chapter" For corroborating dream hampton's work as a witness in the first episodes, back-up singer and dancer Jovante Cunningham says that in addition to being ostracized, she was doxed and her personal information was released online. Since the first "Surviving R. Kelly" debuted in 2019, the fathers and mothers of several of Kelly's survivors, and the women themselves, reveal that they've had to move from their original homes. W. Kamau Bell, who shows up near the close of these episodes, credits "Surviving R. Kelly" for inspiring his 2022 documentary series "We Need to Talk About Cosby," Bell's critically acclaimed examination of our culture's fixation with Bill Cosby, who's faced more than three score accusations of sexual assault and abuse, was eventually convicted in 2018 on charges related to one of those case, only to be freed from prison on a technicality in 2021.