R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case

[ancianita]

9. I'm sad for him and his victims. He did what he did. But I also agree with his lawyers.

I had Rob Kelly as a student back in the day. His lawyers are not making stuff up. His childhood was indeed terrible.

I knew back then of his hard home life, and why he was a clear cut case of arrested development. He never seemed at all mean to anyone, a pretty gentle person. Rob was polite in my Reading class. He also cut it often to be in the music room where he hung out with our locally famous chair of the music department.

I tried hard with him, was nice to him, but he had severe reading and thinking disabilities. He seemed to be emotionally distant, but he was well liked by the students at our school. After he dropped out of high school I was glad he could write songs, got music contracts, and I wished him well. I do believe he did what he did, and I also know that his ability to attract women limited him to only girls because he was mentally not beyond age 14.

Just thought I'd share. Don't jump on me as if I'm defending him. I'm not.