Joycelyn Savage disclosed that she is engaged to R. Kelly and “truly in love” with him in a letter to a judge requesting a compassionate punishment in the R. Kelly sex trafficking case.
More details into R. Kelly‘s life have surfaced in the wake of his sex trafficking trial.
The R&B musician and aspiring vocalist Joycelyn Savage revealed their engagement in a letter to a judge dated June 13 . She also pleaded with the court to impose a less severe prison sentence in his case. Prior to Kelly’s sentencing, the letter was submitted by his legal counsel.
“My name is Joycelyn Savage, and I’m Robert Kelly’s fiancé,” she began in letter. “I’m writing this letter in support of Robert in advance of his sentencing, so I can explain to the court that I’m not the victim that the government has portrayed me to be.”
Savage continued by describing her connection to Kelly as “amazing” and called the star—who was found guilty of all nine charges he faced, including racketeering, bribery, coercion, enticement and sex trafficking—the “best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
“We have a very special connection and are deeply in love,” she penned in the letter. “Robert is not the monster that the government has described him to be. The Robert I know is very sweet, gentle, and kind.”
Savage continued of Kelly, “He’s very determined and focused on his goals, and the things that have been said about him, with me and other women being held against our will is absolutely untrue.”
The 26-year-old also wrote that “it breaks my heart that the government has created a narrative that I’m a victim.”
“I’m a grown woman, and can speak for myself which is why I wanted to provide this letter to the court,” she added. “[Kelly] is a great man, with a great heart and deserves to be home with his loved ones who are ready to support him.”
Numerous witnesses testified during Kelly’s well-publicized trial, which culminated in September after six weeks of court proceedings, and accused the “Ignition” singer of grooming them for sex while they were minors. The allegations dated back to at least 1992 and up until 2017.
Even though Kelly has consistently denied any misconduct and has repeatedly pleaded innocent to all charges brought against him, on June 29, over two weeks after Savage wrote the letter, he was nonetheless given a 30-year prison term. In addition, he was sentenced to a $100,000 fine and five years of supervised release.
Savage and Azriel Clary, another of Kelly’s live-in girlfriends, went on CBS This Morning in the past to refute claims that they were being held against their will.
“This is all f–king lies for money and if you can’t see that, you’re ignorant and you’re stupid as f–k because you want to be all—because that’s the world we live in,” Clary said during the interview. “Negativity sells, gossip is what sells, rumors are what sell.”
Savage added, “Exactly.”
