In the latest R. Kelly scandal news, BuzzFeed is reporting that a new alleged victim, a singer named Jerhonda Pace, claims that the she received “cash settlements from the star in return for signing nondisclosure agreements.”

R. Kelly allegedly paid Pace in order to conceal their sexual relationship. She was 16-years-old when she first met R&B superstar. Now 24, Pace decided to speak out after recent claims came out about the abuse of other young women. “I didn’t have anybody to speak up on my behalf when I was going through what I was going through with him,” Pace said. “He’s brainwashed them really bad, and it kind of reminds me of Charles Mason.”

As a sophomore in high school in 2008, Pace, then Jerhonda Johnson, met Kelly outside his child pornography trial. She cut class and snuck into the court room despite being under 18. Kelly was acquitted on all fourteen charges and someone from the singer’s camp contacted Pace via MySpace, to invite her to a party at his home in Olympia Fields, Illinois. She also claims that she saw the girl from the “sex tape” at another party hosted at Kelly’s home.

After Pace met Kelly, the two began a relationship, during which he would allegedly film their sexual encounters without her permission. Pace alleges Kelly became controlling as months past, dictating how she dressed and when she could eat, shower, and leave the property. Any time she went against his rules, she claims, Kelly “mentally and physically abused” her.

In 2010, their relationship ended due to a violent attack, in which she says she was slapped, choked and spit on. Pace then reached out to Chicago lawyer Susan E. Loggans. Loggans represented other underaged women in lawsuits against R. Kelly. Three of those young women successfully received settlements after filing claims against the singer for having sex with them when they were teens. For Pace, Loggans negotiated a settlement in exchange for her signature on a nondisclosure agreement and confirmation she would not file criminal charges against Kelly.

BuzzFeed News says they have reviewed signed legal documents between Pace and the singer’s camp, including drafts of settlements, correspondence with Kelly’s attorney, “a probate court document opening an estate for Pace as the result of a civil settlement, and a subsequent payment made by Kelly’s management company to Pace.”

 

 

Source: BuzzFeed