{"id":973752,"date":"2019-11-26T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T20:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=918972"},"modified":"2019-11-26T13:44:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T20:44:48","slug":"r-kelly-alleged-joycelyn-savage-patreon-account-removed-due-to-potential-impersonation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/r-kelly-alleged-joycelyn-savage-patreon-account-removed-due-to-potential-impersonation\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Kelly: Alleged Joycelyn Savage Patreon Account Removed \u2018Due to Potential Impersonation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Patreon subscription account accusing R. Kelly<\/a> of abuse and manipulation purported to be run by one of his girlfriends was shut down after its owner failed to verify Savage\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, an Instagram account allegedly belonging to Joycelyn Savage<\/a> posted the message, \u201cThere\u2019s something I need to reveal, something I should\u2019ve talked about a long time ago. This is my story!\u201d It was the account\u2019s first post in more than two years. The unverified Instagram account \u2013 which first posted days after Savage was mentioned as a woman in Kelly\u2019s alleged sex cult in July 2017 but remained dormant since \u2013 subsequently posted a link to a recently created Patreon account, in which the author, claiming to be Savage, wrote that she would post \u201cdaily chapters of my story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThings I am going to reveal that was sweared not to see the day of light \u2014 by NDA,\u201d the account wrote. \u201cI am risking my life for many others. \u202aThis story is 18+ and only for mature audience, I want to make sure my story is very detailed as I can remember.\u201d Attempts to reach Savage were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

In the first post, the author claimed she was a \u201cvictim\u201d of Kelly\u2019s and reiterated claims of abuse and intimidation that many of Kelly\u2019s ex-girlfriends have alleged. \u201cAfter these couple of months, Robert started giving me commands, and making sure I call him by certain names,\u201d the account wrote. \u201cLike \u2018Master\u2019 or \u2018Daddy\u2019 which I didn\u2019t really care for at the time. If I wasn\u2019t getting paid or pursuing my dream I would\u2019ve went home, but all of that didn\u2019t stop just yet. But It started getting worse by day by day, he would raise his voice at me if I didn\u2019t call him by those two names. If Robert called me I would have to reply with \u2018Yes, daddy\u2019 or \u2018Please daddy\u2019 he was so controlling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A subsequent post claimed the singer choked her and \u201c[kept] me locked up like some damn animal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patreon was alerted to the possible impersonation on Saturday, one day after the account went live, and immediately tried to confirm Savage\u2019s identity via an email address provided to the site when the page was created. While the site did converse with a person associated with the account, the author was unable to provide the proof of identification as requested by Patreon.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday afternoon, Patreon shuttered the account after it was unable to authenticate that Savage, who had yet to post any video evidence that she was behind the posts, was the author. \u201cAfter multiple unsuccessful attempts to verify the identity of the account holder, we closed the Patreon page allegedly associated with Joycelyn Savage due to potential impersonation,\u201d a rep for the site said in a statement to Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cAll patrons who signed up for the membership page were refunded and the creator did not receive any funds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Gerald Griggs, an attorney for Savage\u2019s parents, implored law enforcement to intervene in the situation. \u201cThe recent statement from Patreon underscores the family concern for the safety of their daughter Joycelyn,\u201d Griggs tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cNumerous allegations made by the account were alarming and confirmed details from our independent investigation, [though] we also unsuccessfully reached out to the account. With the potential dangers facing Joycelyn and her safety, we are asking for law enforcement to get involved in determining where Joycelyn is and whom is really behind the account that detailed potential crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly\u2019s criminal defense attorney, Steve Greenberg, did not reply to a request for comment. After Greenberg initially tweeted a statement criticizing Savage on Saturday, he later acknowledged that the veracity of the Instagram had come under question, tweeting, \u201cWe have looked into it and cannot confirm that the Instagram account in question is Joycelyn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate that Jocelyn now seeks to make money by exploiting her long time, loving relationship with Robert,\u201d Greenberg said in a statement to Variety<\/em><\/a> that appeared to legitimize the account. \u201cObviously 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. We know the real facts, and it was not until the money ran out that she decided anything was wrong. Hopefully people will see it for the obvious profiteering it is.\u201d Both his tweeted statement and his follow-up tweet stating he \u201ccannot confirm\u201d whether it is really Savage\u2019s Instagram have since been deleted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Savage was often seen by Kelly\u2019s side alongside the singer\u2019s other girlfriend Azriel Clary during his recent court appearances in Chicago. Kelly is facing numerous felonies in both Chicago and New York on child pornography, sexual assault, obstruction of justice and racketeering charges. In 2017, she spoke to TMZ<\/a> and claimed she was not being held against her will. \u201cI\u2019m in a happy place with my life. I\u2019m not being brainwashed or anything like that,\u201d Savage said. \u201cI am totally fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savage and Clary defended their relationship with Kelly to CBS\u2019 Gayle King in March and said they were in love with the singer. \u201cOur parents are out here to get money and scam because they didn\u2019t agree with what happened with music or whatever it could be,\u201d Savage said at the time. \u201cThey\u2019re very upset.\u201d<\/p>\n

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