R. Kelly’s girlfriend Joycelyn Savage says singer abused her
- In series of online posts, R&B star’s long-time defender says she was urinated on and forced to get abortions
- Savage claims Kelly demanded to be addressed as ‘Master’ or ‘Daddy’, and once choked her until she blacked out when she failed to do so
R. Kelly’s girlfriend Joycelyn Savage, one of the 52-year-old’s last defenders, spoke over the weekend in a series of posts detailing how she says she was treated by the R&B singer, who has been behind bars awaiting trial on federal and local charges including child porn and kidnapping.
Savage, who met Kelly in 2015, when she was 19, alleges that the singer choked her, urinated on her and forced her to get two abortions at his home during the four years they were together.
Writing on the paid subscription website Patreon, Savage alleges that, after treating her wonderfully at first and telling her he would help her singing career, Kelly began giving her commands and demanding that Savage, now 24, address him as “Master” or “Daddy.”
She had announced the Patreon account on her long-dormant Instagram account on Friday and again on Saturday.
Though she was in love with him, Savage wrote, it only got worse after those first demands. She had no privacy, as Kelly’s unspeaking assistants watched her even when she showered.