R. Kelly has responded to abuse allegations related to a Buzzfeed article published Monday (July 17) with a statement from his lawyer saying the singer denies the report and will work to clear his name.
The article detailed an alleged sex “cult,” where according to sources the singer is housing half a dozen young women in properties in Chicago and Atlanta. Kelly allegedly controls all aspects of the women’s lives, including what they eat, how they dress, when they sleep and how they “engage in sexual encounters that he records.” The story was written by longtime Chicago music journalist Jim DeRogatis who has followed Kelly since the Aaliyah scandal.
Six women who lived in Kelly’s Duluth and Chicago properties substantiate DeRogtis’ article and reveal that a den mother teaches them the proper ways to sexually satisfy Kelly, and they’re called his “babies” and told they must call him “daddy.” And When they disobey his commands, things can get violent.
“Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed by the recent revelations attributed to him,” Kelly’s lawyer, Linda Mensch, told Pitchfork in a statement. “Mr. Kelly unequivocally denies such accusations and will work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name.”
So far, no charges have been filed against Kelly.
One of the women reported to be kept in an “abusive cult” by Kelly has also spoken out and said she is “in a happy place” and “not being brainwashed”.
Joycelyn Savage, whose parents have accused Kelly of holding her hostage, said she was “heartbroken” that the situation had “got out of hand”.
Joycelyn’s father, Timothy, believes his daughter is experiencing Stockholm Syndrome.
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