R. Kelly's girlfriend charged after fight with singer's other girlfriend at Trump Tower
01/09/2020 9:27 am PST
via WGN:
CHICAGO (WGN/AP) -- A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer's Trump Tower condominium has led to a domestic battery charge against one of the women and sent the other to the hospital, Chicago police said Thursday, Jan. 9.
Joycelyn Savage, 24, was taken into custody after allegedly punching a 22-year-old woman in the face Wednesday, Jan. 8, police said, and Savage was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
The brawl between the women — Kelly's two recent live-in girlfriends — began shortly after 2 p.m. when Chicago police were called to the Trump Tower building for a “battery in progress” involving two women, Chicago police Officer Anthony Spicuzza told the Chicago Tribune.
Savage, whose home address is listed in the same block as Trump Tower, fled but later turned herself in to police and was arrested on signed complaints, police said.
The younger woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was listed in good condition, Spicuzza said.
A series of videos posted to Instagram show the 22-year-old woman angrily confronting Savage before a scuffle broke out between the two.
Kelly, 53, is being held without bond in Chicago's Metropolitan Correctional Center. He is charged with a variety of crimes in three states. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in Chicago and New York of a racketeering scheme to sexually abuse girls. Kelly is also accused in Minnesota of offering a 17-year-old money in 2001 to take off her clothes and dance. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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