R. Kelly’s girlfriends, Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary, have denied that the singer is holding them hostage against their will.
In an interview, set to air on “CBS This Morning” the ladies vehemently defended the 52-year-old singer saying their parents are just looking for money.
Joycelyn Savage, 23, and Azriel Clary, 21, claim the public doesn’t “know the truth” about the R&B singer, who has been charged with sexual abuse.
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“I’m crying because you guys don’t know the truth,” Clary said in the video. “You guys are believing some f—ing facade that our parents are saying.
“This is all f—ing lies for money, and if you can’t see that, you’re ignorant and you’re stupid.”
The parents of both Savage and Clary claim the women are living with Kelly against their will and are a part of what the parents describe as his “sex cult.”
Clary’s parents Alice and Angelo were interviewed in the explosive docu-series Surviving R. Kelly — which aired on Lifetime in early January — claiming they haven’t had contact with their daughter for nearly three years.
Their parent’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, also released a statement saying “they want their daughter back & 2) they want him to die in prison for the emotional and physical abuse & assault he has inflicted on their daughter and well over 20 other young girls for nearly 30 yrs.
Below please find a further statement from my clients Alice and Angelo Clary in response to the R. Kelly interview. pic.twitter.com/eg9R7dt0l1
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 6, 2019
…from R. Kelly –
1) they want their daughter back & 2) they want him to die in prison for the emotional and physical abuse & assault he has inflicted on their daughter and well over 20 other young girls for nearly 30 yrs. This is not about money. It is about truth and justice.— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 6, 2019
Further stmt regarding Azriel Clary’s comments: “It is pathetic and disgusting that R Kelly has manipulated these young girls and lied to them about their families. It has been his modus operandi for decades and part of his abuse. Alice and Angelo Clary want only two things…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 6, 2019
Key things we learned from the R. Kelly interview: 1. R Kelly is a much better singer than he is an actor; 2. He is desperate and distraught because he knows he has been caught. 3. He thinks sexual assault of young girls in the “way way past” cannot be charged. 4. He is guilty.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 6, 2019
On Wednesday morning, Kelly, 52, struggled to contain his emotions when he, too, sat down with CBS This Morning host King for the first interview following his arrest, where he spoke out about his “real” relationship with the young women.
“I love them and it’s almost like, they’re my girlfriends,” Kelly said. “It’s like, you know, we have a relationship. It’s real. And I know guys, I’ve known guys all my life that have five or six women, okay? So don’t go there on me, okay? Because that’s the truth.”
