In the civil lawsuit filed in New York state court on Monday,
the woman, Faith Rodgers, said she first met Kelly at a party
following his performance in San Antonio, Texas, in March 2017,
when she was 19.
Kelly, 51, has denied multiple accusations of sexual misconduct
over the past year.
His manager John Holder on Tuesday said in an email that Kelly
had no comment "at this time" on Rodgers' lawsuit.
RCA record company publicist Theola Borden did not respond to a
request for comment.
Rodgers, who is now 20, says in the lawsuit that the singer
famous for "I Believe I Can Fly" made arrangements for her to
visit him in New York in May 2017 and "initiated unwanted sexual
contact" with her there.
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"During the course of their, approximately one-year
relationship, defendant, R. Kelly, routinely engaged in
intimidation, mental, verbal and sexual abuse, during and after
sexual contact," the lawsuit said, adding that Kelly's conduct
"was designed to humiliate, embarrass, intimidate and shame
Plaintiff."
Rodgers said in a TV interview with "CBS This Morning" on
Tuesday that Kelly "has this type of, like, intimidation right
off the bat. ... So I was just waiting for it to be over."
"I found myself like that multiple times," Rodgers added.
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In the lawsuit, she also accused Kelly of locking her up for
extended periods of time as punishment and knowingly transmitting
herpes to her through sex.
Her lawsuit follows several U.S. media reports in the past year
alleging sexual misconduct by Kelly, one of the most successful R&B
singers of the past 20 years.
Music streaming service Spotify removed Kelly's music from
promotional playlists this month. That followed a #MuteKelly
campaign, supported by the Time's Up campaign against sexual
harassment in the workplace, that called on companies associated
with his music business to cut ties with the singer.
In response to the Spotify decision, Kelly's management said in a
statement: "Mr. Kelly for 30 years has sung songs about his love and
passion for women. He is innocent of the false and hurtful
accusations in the ongoing smear campaign against him, waged by
enemies seeking a payoff."
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey in Los Angeles; Editing by Jill Serjeant,
Bill Tarrant and Leslie Adler)
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