R. Kelly has denied the “cult” allegations that surfaced Monday accusing the singer of controlling the lives of six women through manipulation and physical and verbal abuse.

“Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed by the recent revelations attributed to him,” Kelly’s lawyer Linda Mensch said in a statement. “Mr. Kelly unequivocally denies such accusations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name.”

On Monday, an explosive Buzzfeed News report detailed the accusations against Kelly by the families of two of the women the singer has allegedly “brainwashed” into sexual servitude, as well as corroborating statements by three women who were formerly in Kelly’s inner circle.

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