Timothy Savage and his wife, Jonjelyn, who both appeared in the documentary, say that Joycelyn is among those women. But Kelly’s representatives say that the women who live and travel with him are doing so voluntarily, and that he has not abused any of them. Last year, TMZ released a video in which Joycelyn said she was happy living with Kelly and was there of her own volition.
“They were perfectly consensual relationships,” Kelly’s lawyer, Steven Greenberg, said last week.
Timothy Savage said Mason’s call wasn’t the last time he was warned about speaking out against Kelly.
According to the Henry County police, another Kelly associate, Don Russell, sent Savage a text early in the morning on Jan. 3, the day the first episode of “Surviving R. Kelly” aired on Lifetime. Russell sent Savage the text message, at about 5 a.m., saying that “it would be best for him and the family if the documentary does not air,” according to a police report.
Savage called the police. While an officer was at the house, Russell called Savage, who put his phone on speaker so the officer could hear. Russell, the officer wrote in his report, accused Savage of giving Lifetime false information and told Savage that if he continued supporting the documentary, “that they (R. Kelly/Don) would be forced to provide information disproving Timothy” and that the information “would ruin him, his reputation, business and family, because it would show him a liar.”
The call was referred to investigators. Russell, who has not been charged with a crime, declined to comment about the call on Friday, and the police did not return calls seeking comment.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/arts/music/r-kelly-manager-arrest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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