R Kelly Denies Explosive Claims He Is Housing Women Against Their Will

R&B star R Kelly has denied shocking allegations that he is controlling the lives of six women and housing them against their will.

Buzzfeed released a harrowing report yesterday which claims that the 50-year-old artist is housing six women between Atlanta and Chicago.

The article claims the women live under Kelly's command and that he dictates "what they eat, how they dress, when they bathe, when they sleep and how they engage in sexual encounters".

The allegations outlined in the report are being made by the families of two of the women who have been "brainwashed" by R Kelly, while three other women, including his former personal assistant, have backed the claims.

"Mr Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed by the recent revelations attributed to him," Kelly's lawyer Linda Mensch said in a statement, as reported by Rolling Stone.

"Mr Kelly unequivocally denies such accusations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name." 

Kelly has been accused of coercing young women into believing he will mentor their music careers, but instead manipulates them and takes control of their lives, including confiscating their mobile phones.

Kelly has previously settled a dozen civil lawsuits out of court that alleged "illegal sexual relationships". In 2008, he was acquitted on 14 counts of making child pornography.