{"id":797884,"date":"2019-07-23T10:13:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=862311"},"modified":"2019-07-23T10:13:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T16:13:09","slug":"r-kellys-crisis-manager-resigns-defends-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/r-kellys-crisis-manager-resigns-defends-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Kelly\u2019s Crisis Manager Resigns, Defends Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Darrell Johnson, R. Kelly<\/a>\u2019s crisis manager who for the last seven months has acted as a spokesperson for the singer, resigned from his position Monday evening, citing \u201cpersonal reasons.\u201d Kelly is currently facing federal indictment sex crimes charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday night, Kelly\u2019s lawyer Steve Greenberg, who employed Johnson for his services, issued a statement<\/a> that announced Johnson is taking some time off for \u201cpersonal reasons.\u201d \u201cHe shares our confidence that this is an unprecedented assault against R. Kelly by others, for their own personal gain, and in the innocence of R. Kelly,\u201d Greenberg said in the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething happened to one of my family members and I made a concerted effort to resign,\u201d Johnson tells Rolling Stone.<\/em> \u201cIt\u2019s personal reasons. No one asked me to step down. I believe 1,000% in Mr. Kelly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson stepped down from his position following an appearance on CBS This Morning<\/em><\/a> on Monday, where co-host Gayle King queried Johnson about working with Kelly, given the accusations against the singer.<\/p>\n

King asked Johnson if he would ever leave his daughter alone with Kelly. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Johnson said, adding, \u201cI would not leave my daughter with anyone who\u2019s accused of pedophilia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt had absolutely nothing to do with the Gayle King interview,\u201d Johnson says of the timing of his resignation while blaming CBS for what he claims was selective editing of his answer. When told that Kelly was accused of pedophila, Johnson said, \u201cMr. Kelly is accused of that and maybe I should\u2019ve worded it different. None of us are perfect. The only perfect person is God. I didn\u2019t word it right. Mr. Kelly knows I believe in him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would be more than comfortable with leaving my daughter with Mr. Kelly,\u201d he adds. \u201cIf I had to go somewhere right now \u2026 when I got back, I knew my daughter would be safe. Accusations are accusations. If I didn\u2019t trust him, I wouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d Johnson tells Rolling Stone<\/em> he would be willing to return to the job once his family issue is resolved.<\/p>\n

Johnson also told King that he was concerned about Kelly\u2019s mental state following the federal indictments. \u201c[He\u2019s] a mess right now,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s afraid, he\u2019s scared, he\u2019s isolated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly was arrested in Chicago earlier this month and faces up to 195 years in jail for federal indictment sex crime charges in Northern District of Illinois. He has pleaded not guilty<\/a>. Separately, Kelly faces additional federal indictment charges in New York, which include racketeering and violating the Mann Act. Kelly, who had been held in prison in Chicago with no bond, is being extradited to New York<\/a> for his Eastern District arraignment on August 2nd. Kelly also faces another hearing in Chicago on September 4th.<\/p>\n

Following Kelly\u2019s arrest, Johnson held a press conference in Atlanta the next day to discuss the charges, but it was interrupted by the family one of Kelly\u2019s girlfriends Joycelyn Savage, who critics have claimed is being held against her will by Kelly. (Savage has denied the accusations.)<\/p>\n

While Johnson tried to regain control of the proceedings, he and the Savages jockeyed back-and-forth for attention. Johnson did comment on what he would do if in the Savages\u2019 situation: \u201cI have a 21-year-old,\u201d he said. \u201cI would drive that truck into that hotel if my daughter was in there; that\u2019s what I would do.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darrell Johnson, R. Kelly\u2019s crisis manager who for the last seven months has acted as a spokesperson for the singer, resigned from his position Monday evening, citing \u201cpersonal reasons.\u201d Kelly is currently facing federal indictment sex crimes charges. On Monday night, Kelly\u2019s lawyer Steve Greenberg, who employed Johnson for his services, issued a statement that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-797884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 19:49:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}