CHICAGO — An Atlanta woman now says she is one of R. Kelly's victims and plans to share her story — at least to those willing to pay for it.
Joycelyn Savage, 24, has previously defended her relationship with Kelly, but on Saturday, Savage said she was a victim of Kelly's abuse.
"I am here to tell my story I will reveal information/secrets I've been sweared to not ever bring to light but I am willing to risk it all," she said in an emailed announcement and on Instagram.
Gerald Griggs, an attorney for Savage's parents, told Channel 2's Audrey Washington everything matches to her profile.
"We always knew she was a victim," he said. "These are very concerning details that we want to the bottom of."
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"She's finally coming to her senses and she's ready to reveal her story in her own words," said Savage's mother Jonjelyn Savage.
Griggs told Washington the posts could be a gamechanger for the family's case.
"If she details to them what the account detailed to the world, we will be pursuing criminal action against Mr. Kelly," Griggs said.
"It may birth another case," he said. "Because right now she's not a named victim in the other allegations and the four indictments, but I think it's very serious."
BACKGROUND ON SAVAGE AND KELLY:
In February, R. Kelly posted a $100,000 bail after being charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing.
In July, the singer, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was arrested on new federal charges, including allegations of enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity, racketeering and producing and receiving child pornography, according to federal authorities. Kelly, who has owned homes in metro Atlanta, has denied the charges linked to both arrests.
Savage said she will share "daily chapters" of her experience on a Patreon account — a paid online platform in which memberships range from $3-$25 for varying levels of content.
Savage had been living with Kelly since she was 19 after meeting the R&B singer when she was 17.
She says she intends on "creating a story that many people need to hear about, the truth!"
R. Kelly's attorney Steve Greenberg said in a statement to Variety:
"It is unfortunate that Jocelyn now seeks to make money by exploiting her long time, loving relationship with Robert. Obviously 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."
Earlier this year, Savage attended a bail hearing for Kelly in Chicago.
Griggs, the attorney of Joycelyn Savage's parents, Tim and JonJelyn Savage, said at the time that his clients had not had contact with their daughter in two years.
They believed Kelly was keeping her from contacting them and that she was being held her against her will in a cult at his Atlanta home
"The Savage family awaits the day that they can have unfettered contact with their daughter apart from the predation and manipulation of Robert Sylvester Kelly," Griggs previously told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In March, the family told the media they had heard from their daughter.
This article was written by Courtney Kueppers, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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