NPR's Book of the Day

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NPR's Book of the Day

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Today Reshona Landfair, formerly 'Jane Doe,' recounts abuse by R. Kelly in new memoir
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NPR's Book of the Day

Feb 26, 2026
9 minutes
8 MB

Reshona Landfair met R. Kelly when she was a pre-teen in 1996. Starstruck, Landfair says she fell victim to his grooming tactics, followed by years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. A video of Kelly abusing Landfair eventually became public – and helped lead to Kelly’s conviction. Now, Landfair tells her story for the first time in her memoir Who’s Watching Shorty? In today’s episode, she tells NPR’s Juana Summers about being “kept” by Kelly, the way the public treats young Black women who survive abuse, and what she wants the world to know about her today. To list...

NPR's Book of the Day

Reshona Landfair, formerly 'Jane Doe,' recounts abuse by R. Kelly in new memoir

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