R. Kelly arrives for the 41st annual American Music Awards on
November 24, 2013. Kelly has said that he is "alarmed and disturbed"
regarding allegations that he keeping women in an abusive cult. File
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July 18 (UPI) -- R. Kelly
is denying allegations that he is holding women against their will as
part of an abusive cult inside his rented properties in Atlanta and
Chicago.
"Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed by the recent revelations attributed to him," the singer's lawyer Linda Mensch said in a statement. "Mr. Kelly unequivocally denies such accusations."
The accusations come from a BuzzFeed
report released Monday that cites three unnamed sets of parents who
state they have not heard from their daughters for months as Kelly
brainwashed them as part of a cult.
The
parents said that their daughters, who are over the age of consent and
who got with Kelly to further their music careers, have their daily
activities controlled by the 50-year-old including what they can wear
and eat. Kelly has also been accused of demanding sex with the women and
recording it.
Three ex-members of Kelly's entourage also came forward to support the parents' statements regarding his controlling behavior.
Joycelyn Savage, who is currently living with Kelly, spoke with TMZ
Monday and denied that she was living in a cult. "I am in a happy place
in my life and I'm not being brainwashed. I am totally fine and happy
where I'm at," she said.
Kelly was previously acquitted of 14 charges of making child
pornography in 2008 following the release of a videotape that allegedly
featured the performer having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
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