His assistant didn't even care, and especially the other girls they were in for the money as well." I was frightened to tell anyone about this because of what he may do next. I had bruises around my neck, and I was told by him to wear a turtle necks or a scarf to cover them up whenever he would take me out in public. Savage alleged that within weeks of the start of their sexual relationship, he began demanding that she refer to him as "Master" or "Daddy," and that on one alleged occasion "around February 2016," after she called him "babe" accidentally, she writes, "He grabbed me and choked me until I blacked out. "He was going to help me pursue my dreams, and to become a model/singer," she wrote, adding: "He would say it exactly like this 'Baby girl you are going to be the next Aaliyah.'"
Soon after, she said, Kelly flew her and one of her friends to his studio in California - and Kelly allegedly began to make promises that he would turn her into a star like his former wife, the late singer Aaliyah.
She had aspirations of becoming a singer. Savage wrote that she first met Kelly when she was 19 years old at a concert. Hopefully people will see it for the obvious profiteering it is." We know the real facts, and it was not until the money ran out that she decided anything was wrong. Obviously if she were to tell the truth no one would pay so she has, unfortunately, chosen to regurgitate the stories and lies told by others for her own personal profit. However, in a statement published by Variety on Saturday, Greenberg said: "It is unfortunate that Jocelyn now seeks to make money by exploiting her long time, loving relationship with Robert. NPR also reached out to Kelly's lawyer, Steve Greenberg, for comment, but he did not respond immediately. But a routine customer service message received by NPR indicated the company's concerns about "fraudulent wrongdoing," and Patreon promised that people who had paid to view the content would have their money refunded. Patreon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NPR after the posts attributed to Savage were removed. While there was no absolute proof in the posts that it was Savage writing them, she began teasing them on her Instagram account on Friday. Savage's accusations were only accessible to those who paid a tiered monthly fee, with revenue going to Savage NPR paid for access in order to view these posts.
In the past, Savage has proclaimed that she was in a relationship with the singer of her own volition, and she has accused her parents - who have repeatedly blamed Kelly for brainwashing their daughter and for withholding contact with them - of trying to "scam" Kelly.īut in a series of posts attributed to her on the Patreon crowdfunding platform that began to be published on Saturday, Savage is now calling herself a "victim" of the singer as well.Įditors' Picks The Allegations Against R. But she now claims that he sexually and physically abused her, and forced her to have two abortions. One of the R&B singer's two recent live-in girlfriends, the 24-year-old has spoken out on his behalf in a widely seen CBS interview with journalist Gayle King in March and in two videos with TMZ, as well as showing up to support Kelly during various court appearances. (Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.) Kelly, are seen here leaving a Chicago court room in July 2019. Joycelyn Savage (left) and Azriel Clary, two women who lived with R.