NEW YORK: A woman who said she met R&B singer R. Kelly at a party in 2017 has filed a lawsuit against him, accusing him of sexual battery, false imprisonment and transmitting a sexual disease, the latest in a string of accusations against the Grammy-award-winning pop star.
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.
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.
