R. Kelly‘s girlfriendJoycelyn Savageis speaking out against the disgraced singer.
Savage, 24, returned to Instagram this week to share her first posts on the social media platform in over two years. Shesaidin a Saturday post that she had started a page on Patreon, the paid membership platform geared toward artists and creators, to share her story.
In her firstPatreon post, Savage explained how she met Kelly at one of his concerts in 2015 and how she thought he would help her with her goal of becoming a model and a singer, according toThe Hollywood Reporter, which also reports that Savage says she is a “victim” of Kelly’s.
“Robert would always look at me in a sexual way the first couple of times we met occasionally,” Savage wrote, according toTHR.
Savage went on to explain that Kelly would buy her clothes and give her money, and that she “had everything I needed.”
“I didn’t have nothing to worry about at the time,” Savage wrote, according toTHR. “We also did a couple of songs together in his studio which he promised me he would release on his platform. Which never seen the day of light, Robert told me soo many lies my 19 year old mind believed everyone of one [sic] them.”
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Savage writes that her relationship with Kelly changed after a few months of living with him.
Savage also alleges in her post that Kelly’s assistants would watch her constantly.
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Savage had previouslydefended Kelly in an interviewwithCBS This Morning‘sGayle Kingin March.
In the interview, which she did alongside another one of Kelly’s girlfriends,Azriel Clary, Savage said, “our parents are basically out here just to get money and scam because they didn’t agree on what happened with music, or whatever it could be and they’re just very upset.”
The parents of both Savage and Clary have claimed the women are living with Kelly against their will and are a part of what the parents describe as his “sex cult,” although both women previously vehemently denied the singer tore them away from their now-estranged families.
Gayle King with Azriel Clary (left) and Joycelyn Savage, another one of Kelly’s girlfriends.Lazarus Jean-Baptiste/CBS
Kelly iscurrently facing chargesof sex-trafficking, sexual assault and child pornography spread throughout Brooklyn, Chicago and Minneapolis.
A month later the singer wasarrested again and indicted on federal chargesincluding child pornography, racketeering and obstruction of justice in both Illinois and New York, indictment documents and his lawyer confirmed. He has remained jailed since after being denied bail.
Then in August, Kelly was charged with two sex crimes in Minnesota after allegedly paying a teen girl $200 to dance nude back in 2001.
Kelly, who was also the subject of the bombshell documentarySurviving R. Kellyearlier this year, has maintained his innocence throughout his legal troubles.
source: people.com
