R.Kelly has got two of his girlfriends on his side as they have come out to defend him over the sexual abuse allegations leveled against him.
The girlfriends, Azriel Clary, 21, and Joycelyn Savage, 23, blamed and attacked their parents for trying to get back at the singer after they failed to extort money from him years ago.
During an interview with Gayle King on ‘CBS This Morning,’ the two women revealed their relationship with R.Kelly.
“A very strong relationship,” Savage said. “We all are a family, all together,” Clary said.
However, Clary became defensive when Gayle King asked if they were in a three-way sexual relationship with Kelly.
“I would never share with no one what I do in or outside of the bedroom,” Clary said. “And as a woman (I’m) sure you would not either.” Clary added, “There are people all over the world who have multiple girlfriends. It’s no different.”
Should your parents be concerned? — @GayleKing
"No. No." — Azriel Clary
Why?
"Well, my parents knew where I have always been. For four years, they have known. They know that I've been well taken care of." https://t.co/tDUt6ssRu1 pic.twitter.com/hTDAIwlBrw
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) March 7, 2019
Clary went on to reveal that it was her parents who encouraged her to take photos with R.Kelly when she was 17 so as to extort money from him, a statement that was backed up by Joycelyn.
“Both our parents are basically out here to try and get money and scam because they didn’t agree on what happened with music or whatever it could be and they are just very upset,” she said.
"When I was 17, my parents were actually making me, trying to get me to take photos with him, take sexual videos with him, all kinds of stuff" — Clary
Wait, wait, wait. Your parents encouraged you to do sexual videos with R. Kelly? — @GayleKing
"Yes" https://t.co/tDUt6ssRu1 pic.twitter.com/841z6yRcla
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) March 7, 2019
However, lawyer to the parents of the ladies has come to say that their statements are a result of years of suffering from mental abuse and manipulation by R. Kelly.