R. Kelly: Sexual abuse is a generational curse

R. Kelly has opened up about being sexually abused at aged seven or eight, insisting it was a ''generational curse'' that runs down through the family, much like ''poverty''. The 49-year-old singer - who was found not guilty on all 14 counts during his child pornography trial in 2008 - has opened up about being sexually abused when he was seven or eight years old until he was around 14 or 15, and confirmed it was a female relative who molested him.