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In January of 1995, 17-year-old Isat Martinez met Grammy-winning musician and record producer

R. Kelly at Adventure Mall in Florida where he was performing.

At first it seemed that her hopes of becoming a professional singer were about to come

true when he offered to help boost her career.

However, this mentorship quickly turned into sexual grooming, leading to years of physical,

emotional and factual abuse.

After struggling to free herself of the relationship and rebuild on her own, Lizette's successful

new life, far away from the entertainment industry, was interrupted in 2017 by allegations

against R. Kelly by other women.

This led to her coming forward to the authorities where their own history of abuse by the music

icon.

In January 2019, she participated with other survivors in a documentary series with lifetime

called Surviving R. Kelly.

It should have been a healing, left them feeling abandoned and fearful for their lives.

In August 2021, Kelly went on trial in New York on racketeering and sex trafficking charges

who was found guilty of all charges.

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