"Surviving R. Kelly" executive producer says guilty verdict is a "step in the right direction"
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Dream Hampton's documentary "Surviving R. Kelly" is credited with helping lead to the criminal charges against the singer, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly.
Hampton told "CBS Mornings" Tuesday that she thought of many people when she heard that the 54-year-old was found guilty on all nine counts against him — including the several women who came forward with their detailed allegations of abuse.
"I think about the damage that he's done in the last three decades and how long it's going to take these victims. I mean, we had a dozen victims. A dozen victims testified in court but I talked to dozens of victims when we were preparing to make "Surviving R. Kelly," Hampton said. "Many of whom had tried to move on with their lives."
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.