Disturbing images shared exclusively with DailyMail.com reveal two of R Kelly’s ‘brainwashed’ victims being monitored by a female minder and disguising their identities with baseball caps, scarves and sunglasses.
The images, confirmed as Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary by a source, were captured on a public street in last summer before they entered a hair salon.
Savage and Clary have reportedly hired lawyers to prevent their parents from extricating them from the RnB star’s house.
A source, who is an associate of R Kelly, told DailyMail.com that the young women spent two hours inside and that their behavior was ‘weird’.
The pair were swamped in oversized, baggy clothes on an 80F day. Another alleged victim, Jerhonda Pace, has previously said that R Kelly dictates strict rules to his alleged cult on wearing oversized clothes to cover their bodies.
The source told DailyMail.com: ‘The girls had a ”look-out” with them, an older woman who was keeping an eye on their behavior and what they were talking about. She was dressed differently, came and went freely and spoke in fluent Spanish.’
Disturbing images shared exclusively with DailyMail.com reveal two of R Kelly’s ‘brainwashed’ victims, Joycelyn Savage (left in red cap) and Azriel Clary (right in white cap), being monitored by a female minder (center in all black) and disguising their identities while out in Chicago
The images were captured on a public street in Chicago last summer before they entered a hair salon. Savage (left) and Clary (right) were swamped in oversized, baggy clothes on an 80F day. Another alleged victim, Jerhonda Pace, has previously said R Kelly dictates strict rules to his alleged cult on wearing oversized clothes to cover their bodies
R Kelly is facing disturbing allegations of pedophilia, rape and abuse in the wake of a Lifetime docuseries that features multiple women claiming he enslaves women
Joycelyn went by the name ‘Jay’ and froze when her real name was used. They seemed excited to be out in public, the source said.
The insider also said that the young women referred to R Kelly as ‘daddy’.
Despite having her hair glamorously styled, Joycelyn asked for her hair to be wrapped up in scarves. After she left, she wore a baseball hat and large sunglasses to remain incognito.
The source said that both Savage and Clary were deeply concerned with concealing their identities when they went out in public.
DailyMail.com contacted the salon owner who declined to comment and asked not to be named.
Last Tuesday, an alleged victim of Kelly and the families of two other alleged victims were reportedly preparing to go to Chicago prosecutors with ‘sufficient evidence’ of sexual abuse and other crimes, reported.
State Attorney Kim Foxx said that she was ‘sickened’ by the Lifetime docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, where multiple women claimed the singer is a pedophile who allegedly rapes, beats and enslaves women.
Foxx asked anyone who was a victim or has information about a victim to come forward.
There are still no criminal charges against Kelly at this time, and no investigation has been launched as of yet into the singer.
TMZ reported that Clary and Savage have hired lawyers to stop their parents intervening between them and the singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly.
Joycelyn went by the name ‘Jay’ and froze when her real name was used. They seemed excited to be out in public, the source said. The source said that both Savage and Clary were deeply concerned with concealing their identities when they went out in public. Picture: Joycelyn (left) with her sister and her mother (right) after meeting the singer backstage in 2014
Timothy Savage (above with his wife Jonjelyn) was interviewed for the Lifetime series Surviving R Kelly and alleged that the singer was holding his daughter captive. They believe she has been brainwashed by R Kelly and are concerned for her safety
Savage’s parents, Timothy and Jonjelyn, believe that she has been brainwashed by R Kelly and are concerned for her safety, having not seen their daughter in more than a year.
Azriel Clary’s mother, Alice, told that she hasn’t spoken to her daughter in four years and believes she is in an ‘abusive, cult-like’ relationship with Kelly.
On Friday, Gerald Griggs, who is representing Timothy, demanded that R KellyBest Private University for him and his family if the documentary does not air,’ according to a police report in Georgia.
Russell later said that he and Kelly might have to release information that would destroy Savage, his family and his business.
Savage, and his wife Jonjelyn, have been trying for years to reach their daughter, Joycelyn, who ran off with Kelly shortly after meeting him backstage at a concert when she was 17.
The report, first obtained by CBS 46, states that Savage called police shortly after 5am on the day of the incident.
The responding officer then arrived at the house before 5.45am, which is when Russell called Savage on the phone.
Savage was then able to put the phone on speaker so that the officer could hear everything that was being said by Russell.
‘Don says several times that Timothy is providing Lifetime with false information, and that is he continues supporting the documentary that they (R Kelly / Don) would be forced to release information disproving Don,’ reads the report.
‘Don advised Timothy that the information would ruin him, his reputation, business and family, because it would show him a liar.’
This is actually the second time one of the singer’s managers has threatened Savage, who previously filed a police report against James Mason.
There is now an outstanding warrant for Mason after he failed to respond to police when they asked to question him about the ‘threats’ he made to Savage.
Joycelyn Savage, 21, came forward to say she was ‘totally fine’ despite her family’s claims she was being held against her will by R. Kelly
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Kelly’s manager threatened to ruin Joycelyn Savage’s father and his family in a series of harassing texts and phone calls after learning he had participated in the Lifetime series. Savage’s father contacted police, and the responding officer was present when Russell called back with more threats (report above)
The Savages first spoke out in an interview with BuzzFeed in 2017 which alleged that Kelly had been holding a handful of young women in cult like conditions and effectively treating them as his sexual slaves for years.
Some former members of his entourage vouched for their concern. Three separate women said they were all forced to subscribe to his rules.
They said they were told when to eat, bathe, sleep and had to perform sexual acts on one another which the singer then recorded.
Savage’s mother recalled how she was present when her daughter, an aspiring musician, met Kelly after being invited backstage at a concert in 2015.
In her BuzzFeed interview, Jonjelyn said she thought it would be ‘fine’ for her daughter to spend time with the star if she was there to watch over her.
It’s not clear exactly when Joycelyn went to live with Kelly but her family say they have not seen her since December 2016. ‘It was as if she was brainwashed. [She] looked like a prisoner — it was horrible,’ her mother said.
Joycelyn’s father Timothy believes she is suffering Stockholm Syndrome, a condition which sees hostages grow to love their captors.
The family contacted police after their daughter fled to live with the singer and told officers that he was running a ‘cult’.
Police visited the home in Atlanta where Joycelyn was believed to be living but it was empty.
They then tracked her down in Chicago but she said she was fine and wanted to be left alone by her family.
Cheryl Mack, Kitti Jones, and Asante McGee – all former members of Kelly’s entourage – described in detail the sort of treatment endured by young women who find themselves pulled into the singer’s orbit.
A representative for Kelly spoke out at the time about the claims, saying the singer ‘unequivocally denies’ them and said he will ‘work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and to clear his name’
A representative for Kelly spoke out at the time about the claims, saying the singer ‘unequivocally denies’ them and said he will ‘work diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and to clear his name’.
Earlier, Mack, Jones, and McGee said there are at least six women living in properties rented by the R&B star in Chicago and Atlanta. The ‘guest houses’ where the women are kept are near his home in suburban Atlanta, and his apartment at Trump Tower in Chicago.
‘You have to ask for food. You have to ask to go use the bathroom… [Kelly] is a master at mind control… He is a puppet master,’ Mack, who worked as the singer’s assistant, told the website.
The women, who said the ‘babies’ – as the girls are referred to – are required to call Kelly ‘Daddy’, then ran through a list of people they believe were living either at one of the performer’s properties in Atlanta or his Chicago recording studio last summer.
The first woman mentioned in the article was a 31-year-old ‘den mother’, who is reportedly responsible for ‘training newcomers on how Kelly liked to be pleasured sexually’.
The ‘den mother’ ‘had been best friends since high school’ with the person who was allegedly in the videotape that led to Kelly standing trial on child pornography charges in 2008.
Mack said many of the young women are sucked in by the singer because they think: ‘This is R. Kelly, I’m going to live a lavish lifestyle’.
In addition to the aforementioned control Kelly has, he allegedly demands the women ask his permission before leaving a room, are forced to wear jogging suits in public in order to keep their figures hidden, have their phones taken and are given new ones that are only allowed to be used to contact him or others approved by him, and have to deal with a ‘burly’ SUV driver parked outside his properties.
Both Mack and Jones said that if any of the women break the ‘rules’, Kelly ‘punishes them physically and verbally’. Jones recounted a time she angered Kelly by ‘being too friendly’ with the male cashier.
‘I got trapped. I had people telling me I was an idiot. But it took me a long time to realize they were right, and I’m talking now because I hope I can help some of these other girls,’ said Jones.
McGee added: ‘R. Kelly is the sweetest person you will ever want to meet. But Robert is the devil.’
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R. Kelly has broken his social media silence to post a video of himself singing to his estranged daughter on her 21st birthday after she publicly branded him a ‘monster’ in the wake of his sexual abuse charges.
The embattled R&B singer shared the video on on Tuesday night as he wished his daughter Joann – who goes by the name Buku Abi – a happy birthday.
‘Happy birthday, baby.
Daddy loves you. I love you, no matter what. I love you so much. Bye. Happy birthday,’ Kelly said in the video after he finished singing.
The short video ended with Kelly blowing a kiss at the camera and he captioned the post: ‘Family for life’.
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Kelly shared the video on Twitter on Tuesday night as he wished his daughter Joann – who goes by the name Buku Abi – a happy 21st birthday
Joann is Kelly’s eldest daughter with his ex-wife Andrea Lee.
She came out in January and slammed her father as a ‘monster’ after multiple women accused him of rape and abuse in the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R.
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In a lengthy and emotional Instagram post, Joann broke her silence and voiced her support for her father’s alleged victims.
‘The same monster you all confronting me about is my father.
I am well aware of who and what he is. I grew up in that house,’ she wrote.
‘My choice to not speak on him and what he does is for peace of mind. My emotional state. And for MY healing.
‘I had to do and move in a manner that is Best Private University for me.’
She went on to say: ‘I pray for all the families & woman who have been affected by my father’s actions.
Trust, I have been deeply affected by all of this.’
The short video ended with Kelly blowing a kiss at the camera and he captioned the post: ‘Family for life’
Joann came out in January and slammed her father as a ‘monster’ after multiple women accused him of rape and abuse in the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R.
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Joann also explained that she, as well as her siblings and mother, haven’t had contact with Kelly in years.
‘My mother, siblings, and I would never condone, support or be apart of anything negative he has done or continues to do in his life,’ Joann wrote.
The 52-year-old singer spent several days in prison earlier this month for failing to pay more than $160,000 in back child support to his ex-wife
The video wishing his daughter a happy birthday was Kelly’s first social media post since multiple women came forward accusing him of sexual abuse that dates back to the 1990s.
The 52-year-old singer is preparing to stand trial after pleading not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse pertaining to four women, including three who were minors at the time the abuse allegedly occurred.
Kelly has been trailed for decades by allegations that he victimized women and girls, though he was acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008 related to a tape that prosecutors said showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13.
The singer maintains that he is innocent and has said he has never had sex with a minor.
He spent several days in prison earlier this month for failing to pay more than $160,000 in back child support for his three children to his ex-wife.
Kelly was later released after someone paid the money.
Kelly (earlier this month) is preparing to stand trial after pleading not guilty to 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse pertaining to four women, including three who were minors at the time the abuse allegedly occurred
By Katharine Houreld
NAIROBI, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday mass protests were possible if August elections were rigged, comments likely to scare Kenyans fearful of a repeat of the widespread violence that erupted after a disputed poll in 2007.
Then, more than 1,200 people were killed in weeks of fighting after political protests turned into ethnic clashes, but 2013 polls, when Odinga accepted the result after a court ruling, passed relatively peacefully.
“This country is not ready for another rigged election. Kenyans will not accept it,” Odinga said, noting that multiple people had been registered to vote with the same identity card in a registration period that has just ended.
The national election commission accepts that some of his criticisms are justified and has identified 78,000 duplicate registrations.
Spokesman Andrew Limo said the commission was resolving the issue.
“We are confident we will have a credible and convincing register by May 10 to start verification,” he said.
The government said that Odinga was simply trying to discredit the voting process early to lay the ground for challenging the results on the streets.
“The opposition is trying to create a narrative so eventually they have a way of rejecting the elections,” government spokesman Munyori Buku said.
“They never accept the result.”
REGIONAL STABILITY
Kenya is a staunch Western ally and a stable anchor in a region roiled by conflict.
Its $63 billion economy is East Africa’s biggest but growth is not fast enough to absorb a mass of unemployed youth.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government has also been hit by a string of corruption scandals and a strike by doctors that has now entered its third month.
Kenyatta, Odinga’s arch political rival, has spent the last two months on a massive voter registration drive across the country and in his ethnic Kikuyu heartland, a strategy that helped him prevail over Odinga in 2013.
Odinga, a leading candidate for the top job, also took part in this year’s registration drive, which officials say added 3 million people to nearly 16 million registered voters, but he said it was deeply flawed.
“This is a big mess,” he said, “The executive office is trying to downplay it. It is a major, major mess.”
Odinga said he would first seek redress through the courts but that the government was putting pressure on the judiciary, citing a parliamentarian’s recent public criticism of a judge.
“That was an attempt to try to intimidate or blackmail the judiciary so they can be complicit,” he told Reuters in an interview in the capital, Nairobi.
“We have not ruled out what we call mass action … to ensure the rule of law is respected,” he said.
“Every option is open to us.”
FLASHPOINTS
Both sides accuse each other of stoking tribal tensions, a dangerous game in a country where politics often splits along ethnic lines.
Analysts say the 47 county governorships, which come with a big budget and perks, will be flashpoints.
“They (voters) are being manipulated to believe that if so-and-so from another tribe is in leadership then … their lives are going to be endangered and they can only be secure when their man occupies the top position,” Odinga said.
Last week, during a campaign to register voters, Kenyatta accused the opposition of “lies, tribalism, hatred and divisive politics”.
Some diplomats fear that the international community, which played a major role in mediating and ending the 2007 violence, may be less engaged this time as they grapple with Brexit, a European refugee crisis and a new American administration.
The threat of prosecution at the International Criminal Court, which hung over the 2013 polls, Best Private University has also receded after the case against Kenyatta collapsed following allegations of political interference and witness-tampering.
“You could see a whole lot more violence this time around before the international community intervenes because there are so many fires burning everywhere,” said one diplomat.
(Additional reporting by Edmund Blair; Editing by Louise Ireland)
