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Akon Shares His Thoughts On R. Kelly’s Conviction—Says He Has The Right To Redeem Himself

<p>Earlier this week R&period; Kelly was found guilty on all counts during his federal sex crimes trial&period; Since the verdict was announced many people have been sharing their thoughts about the situation&comma; and Akon was recently asked about his thoughts as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2021&sol;09&sol;30&sol;akon-r-kelly-rethink-life-reevaluate-sex-crimes-conviction-guilty-redemption-forgiveness-victims&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a><&sol;em> caught up with Akon at LAX and asked him about R&period; Kelly&&num;8217&semi;s guilty verdict&comma; and if he thinks R&period; Kelly could redeem himself following his actions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Akon responded and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I believe God makes no mistakes&period; People can debate back and forth all day&comma; but if it&&num;8217&semi;s happening to him&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s supposed to happen to him for whatever reason&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s God&&num;8217&semi;s reason as to why it&&num;8217&semi;s going down&period; Now that&&num;8217&semi;s something he has to have within himself to reevaluate his whole life&comma; his way of being&period; To get caught up in a situation like that&comma; whatever happens&comma; is between him and God&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s always a way to redeem yourself&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Akon continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;But you have to first accept the fact that you&&num;8217&semi;re wrong or in a position for that particular purpose and why you&&num;8217&semi;re being there in the first place&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;share&period;tmz&period;com&sol;videos&sol;2021-09-30-092921-akon-r-kelly-1259581&sol;" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"395" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;r-kelly-found-guilty-of-racketeering-in-federal-sex-trafficking-case&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; on Monday a jury found R&period; Kelly guilty on all charges after he was accused of engaging in sexual activity with multiple underage young women for years&period; Throughout the years&comma; he received help from team members such as managers and assistants who did not intervene with his activities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With many of the accusations spanning the course of his career&comma; effective actions towards the accusations did not start to take place until after the Lifetime docuseries &&num;8220&semi;Surviving R&period; Kelly&period;&&num;8221&semi; Many of the alleged victims featured in the series also testified against Kelly in court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a>  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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