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    One Of R. Kelly's Most Vocal Defenders Now Claims She's Also A Victim

    One of the R&B singer's live-in girlfriends, Joycelyn Savage, alleged in a series of online posts that the singer sexually and physically abused her, and forced her to have two abortions.
    by Anastasia Tsioulcas Nov 25, 2019 4 minutes
    Joycelyn Savage (left) and Azriel Clary, two women who lived with R. Kelly, are seen here leaving a Chicago court room in July 2019.

    (Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.)

    Joycelyn Savage has been among R. Kelly's most ardent defenders in public. 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 him during various court appearances. But she now claims that he sexually and physically abused her, and forced her to have two abortions.

    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 Kelly.

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