Atlanta, Georgia Feb 5, 2026 (Issuewire.com) Carey Kelly Breaks His Silence Again: R. Kellys Brother Speaks on Victims, Family Trauma, and the Weight of Truth After 25 Years
For more than two decades, Carey Kelly, the younger brother of disgraced R&B superstar Robert Sylvester Kelly, known worldwide as R. Kelly, has carried a burden few could imagine. Long before the Surviving R. Kelly documentary and years before the Me Too movement sparked a global reckoning, Carey Kelly was already sounding the alarm.
In the early 2000s, Carey appeared on national television, including The Wendy Williams Show, courageously speaking out when the now-infamous sex tape involving a 14-year-old girl first began circulating worldwide. At the time, his warnings were met with skepticism, dismissal, and, according to Carey, personal and professional consequences. R Kelly and his Lawyers tried to implicate Carey as the one being in the grainy sextape to cast resonalbe doubt.
Our family was Roberts first victims, Carey said in an emotional sit-down interview. We fell victim to his controlling dysfunction from the very beginning of his stardom.
Carey, who once performed alongside his brother on stages across the globe as an aspiring rap artist, says his career was ultimately derailed.
I spent years performing with him around the world, Carey explained. But when I started speaking up, I was blackballed. My career was over before it really had a chance to begin.
Now, 25 years after the tape that shocked the world, the woman at the center of the controversy has finally spoken publicly about her experience. Her interviews have generated widespread attentionand intense backlash from some corners of the public.
When asked about the criticism she has faced, Carey became visibly emotional.
I think people are inherently flawed, Carey said. Because they might be fans or love his music, theyre quick to dismiss the pain and shame that this young lady went through. She was only 14. Fourteen. Her parents should be in jail with Robert. They were all manipulated by a millionaire master manipulator and predator.
Carey paused, reflecting deeply on the lasting trauma he believes she carries.
I can still hear the child in her voice, he continued. What my brother did to her will never go away.
Carey also revealed that his empathy comes from his own personal experience as a survivor of sexual abuse.
Being a victim of sexual abuse myself, I understand the pain and the shame that silences victims for years, he said. Sometimes it takes something traumatic or reaching a breaking point before the truth comes out. Dont punish her because she couldnt bring herself to speak sooner. Let her speak. Hear her. I mean really hear her.
Through therapy, writing, and creative expression, Carey says he has worked to heal from his own trauma. His upcoming book and his involvement in Joanns Boys, a made-for-television docudrama project, and the motion picture “My Mind Is Telling Me No” are part of that journey.
Therapy, writing my story, and working on Joanns Boys helped lift the weight off me, Carey shared. It gave me a voice.
Despite everything, Carey emphasized the emotional complexity of speaking out against his own brother.
Dont get me wrongI love my brother Rob, he said. But theres no denying he hurt a lot of people. Hurt people hurt people. He had all the resources in the world to change, but his ego wouldnt let him. He surrounded himself with enablers and yes-men, and the rest is history.
Carey believes his brother is now facing a deeper reckoning beyond the legal system.
Robert is being sat down by God right now, Carey said solemnly. Hes being forced to relive every wrong turn in his life, whether he admits it publicly or not.
For Carey Kelly, speaking out has never been about fame or revengebut about truth, healing, and accountability.
And after more than 20 years, he says he will continue to stand with victims, love his brotherand continue telling his story.
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