The Patreon Account Supposedly Belonging To R. Kelly’s Girlfriend Joycelyn Savage Has Been Shut Down
The Patreon account purportedly set up by Joycelyn Savage, one of Robert Sylvester Kelly’s girlfriends (or acolytes/ captives/ victims, depending on who you ask), has been shut down because Patreon was unable to verify the person or persons’ identity. As we’ve come to expect, anything associated with Robert Sylvester Kelly carries with it the stench of fuckery, and it seems that Joycelyn allegedly turning against him and telling her story is no exception. Now, the Instagram account carrying Joycelyn’s name that was used to announce the Patreon, is hosting advertisements for online shopping.
According to Rolling Stone:
Patreon was alerted to the possible impersonation on Saturday, one day after the account went live, and immediately tried to confirm Savage’s identity via an email address provided to the site when the page was created. While the site did converse with a person associated with the account, the author was unable to provide the proof of identification as requested by Patreon.
On Tuesday afternoon, Patreon shuttered the account after it was unable to authenticate that Savage, who had yet to post any video evidence that she was behind the posts, was the author. “After multiple unsuccessful attempts to verify the identity of the account holder, we closed the Patreon page allegedly associated with Joycelyn Savage due to potential impersonation,” a rep for the site said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “All patrons who signed up for the membership page were refunded and the creator did not receive any funds.”
Additionally, The Chicago Sun Times reports that on Tuesday, the Instagram account posted the message “Me and Azriel [Clary, Kelly’s other girlfriend] will be going live together soon to explain everything that’s going on. I will be doing promotions, inbox me for prices.” That post is gone and now the Instagram bio reads “Taking my story to @youtube” and includes an email address for “business inquiries.” Naturally, Joycelyn’s parents are concerned. (via CST):
Gerald Griggs, a Georgia attorney who represents Savage’s family, said in a statement Tuesday:
“The recent statement from Patreon underscores the family concern for the safety of their daughter Joycelyn. Numerous allegations made by the account were alarming and confirmed details from our independent investigation, therefore we also unsuccessfully reached out to the account. With the potential dangers facing Joycelyn and her safety, we are asking for Law Enforcement to get involved in determining where Joycelyn is and whom is really behind the account that detailed potential crimes.”
Whatever is going on with Joycelyn, all we can do is hope she’s physically safe and that any money being generated in her name is going straight into her pockets, and is not being handed over to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago and put on Robert’s books. And by books I mean his commissary account. If that money was going to literal books being sent to Robert, I’d be all for it because that would be hilarious. Maybe I’ll start a Patreon to raise funds to send Robert the the collected works of Virginia Woolf.
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