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As a result,Ohio’s Fashion Meets Music Festival dropped R. Kelly from the line-up after local
bands Damn the Witch Siren, Saintseneca and radio station WCBE 90.5 FM pulled out of the music festival. In a strongly worded statement to the media Saintseneca explained, “We feel R. Kelly’s selection as a performer ignores his very serious allegations . “We feel it is an affront to all survivors, who are already often overlooked and forgotten in our society.” Saintseneca also announced plans to perform at a benefit concert for survivors of abuse on the same day as the music festival. Add that with the growing backlash on social media and R. Kelly had to be dropped from the festival. Event organizers said in a statement released today, “We wanted to make sure we heard the Columbus listeners… to make a statement and support the city we live in.”
bands Damn the Witch Siren, Saintseneca and radio station WCBE 90.5 FM pulled out of the music festival. In a strongly worded statement to the media Saintseneca explained, “We feel R. Kelly’s selection as a performer ignores his very serious allegations . “We feel it is an affront to all survivors, who are already often overlooked and forgotten in our society.” Saintseneca also announced plans to perform at a benefit concert for survivors of abuse on the same day as the music festival. Add that with the growing backlash on social media and R. Kelly had to be dropped from the festival. Event organizers said in a statement released today, “We wanted to make sure we heard the Columbus listeners… to make a statement and support the city we live in.”
Looks like despite the courts backing R Kelly's innocence,this abuse thing just will not go away!