UPDATED Mar. 6, 6:35 p.m. ET: Joycelyn Savage contacted her family after R. Kelly's CBS This Morning interview, according to the family's attorney, Gerald Griggs. “We are glad to finally hear from Joycelyn today,” Griggs told Rolling Stone. “After speaking with her little sister, Joycelyn paused from the seemingly prepared script and was able to share her love for her family. We hope that today was the first step to re-establishing a loving relationship with her family.” In a video posted to Twitter, Joycelyn can be heard on the phone telling her family that she's okay. "I’ve told you guys a million million times I’m okay where I am, and I’m happy," she says in the video. A short while after the video was posted, TMZ reported that R. Kelly's team is in the process of organizing a reunion between Joycelyn and her family. Gerald Griggs, an attorney for the Savage family, relayed the news to the publication. The family reportedly plans on bringing a psychologist to the meeting. See the original story below. Joycelyn Savage’s family has responded to R. Kelly’s CBS interview after it aired on Wednesday morning. During a press conference held outside the L.A. office of attorney Gerald A. Griggs, they responded to a few statements made by Kelly during the interview. Griggs countered the claim that Joycelyn’s father had offered Joycelyn to Kelly during a concert, and that Mr. Savage and Kelly had met before. “Mr. Kelly stated on Gayle King's show that Mr. Timothy Savage provided his daughter on stage at a concert that Mr. Kelly was performing at,” Griggs said. “That is absolutely not true.” Griggs continued to refute claims made by Kelly during the CBS interview, and addressed allegations that the Savages were accepting money from Kelly. “[Kelly] also indicated that these parents came forward after the money stopped, I can stay here unequivocally that at no point have the Savages requested any money from Mr. Robert Sylvester Kelly,” he said. Joycelyn’s middle sister then spoke, saying that Joycelyn “would’ve called home by now” if she wasn’t being abused. “I know for a fact my sister is not okay. I know for a fact R. Kelly is mentally destroying her, and I just want her home.” Both Joycelyn’s father and mother responded to the interview as well. Mr. Savage said, “It was emotionally disturbing for all of us. I sit there and I want to not just pray for my daughter, but pray for Mr. Kelly to get some type of healing.” The mother added, “What I saw on TV this morning about the way he acted when he got upset, I [can only] imagine what he does behind closed doors when he is not in [front of the] camera.” She continued, “Allegedly, he has a bad temper, he’s very controlling, and when the girls don’t do something or say something that he likes, he really throws a rage and becomes physically violent.” R. Kelly appeared in his first interview since being charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. During the CBS interview, the singer denied the allegations against him, dismissing the claims as “rumors.”<doc-sep>Joycelyn Savage’s mother, father and two sisters responded to R. Kelly’s first interview since he was arrested and charged with sexual abuse. DECATUR, Ga. — The family of Joycelyn Savage, a woman reportedly held by R. Kelly, demanded Tuesday to see her in person – something they’ve been demanding for two years. According to her family, she is being held as part of a sex cult by the R&B star, R. Kelly, who is facing 10 counts of sexual abuse against women, including three under the age of 18. Standing outside their lawyer’s office in Decatur, Joycelyn’s mother, father and two younger sisters said that the R&B star is lying about his relationship with Joycelyn and his interactions with the Savage family in an interview with Gayle King on “CBS This Morning.” “She would have called home by now. She would have called my mom, my dad, my little sister,” said Joycelyn’s 18-year-old sister, Jailyn. “I know for a fact that my sister is not OK. R. Kelly is mentally destroying her. I just want her home. He has put a lot of things in her head that makes her think the world is out to get her.” Jori Savage, 11, said that Joycelyn was very close to their grandfather, who passed away. The Savage family said Joycelyn did not attend his funeral, although they say they desperately tried to arrange for her to come. “I haven’t seen my sister in two years and it’s very heartbreaking because I can’t see her because I think she’s being controlled by someone who doesn’t want to talk to me,” the 11-year-old said. “At least she could call my on my birthday, Christmas, or even talk or go to her grandfather’s funeral.” In the explosive interview that aired Tuesday, Kelly denied having sex with anyone under the age of 17. Attorney Gerald Griggs, who is representing the Savage family, told the media that they have proof that he is lying, through airline tickets they claim were given to one of the individuals they believe the singer is holding against her will. “Clearly, this is showing she would have been underage when she arrived in the custody and control of Mr. Sylvester Robert Kelly,” Griggs said. The family also denied R. Kelly’s claims that the Savage family was paid off, or somehow handed Joycelyn over to him. “At no point did the Savage family ever demand or receive compensation,” Griggs said. Tim Savage, Joycelyn’s father, called the allegations “horrific.” “We are a solid family. We care about our daughter. We just want to see our daughter, hear from our daughter, and make sure she’s fine,” Tim said. “If she wants to keep on a relationship (with R. Kelly) that would be her prerogative, but as a parent, our priority is that she is healthy, safe and sound.” Joycelyn’s mother, Jonjelyn, spoke directly to her daughter through the cameras. “Joycelyn, if you’re seeing this message, please know that I love you. I’m your mother and I love you dearly,” she said. “Nothing we have done was to defame or embarrass you, it’s because we care about your well-being.” She said that, as a mother, she knows that something is wrong. “We went from talking weekly, daily, to not seeing you in two years,” Jonjelyn said. “That’s a clear indication to us, and as your mother, that there is definitely something wrong with this situation. We won’t stop until we have our answers and make sure you’re OK and safe and sound.” Tim Savage said the family first met R. Kelly at their boutique, where the singer’s manager came to see her perform. He said that Joycelyn already had an EP out and had dreams of a music career. He said Kelly passed his number to a member of the Savage family and that it was given to Joycelyn’s mother, who set up a meeting. “We were there for business with Sony,” Tim Savage said. “His manager said he wanted to sign her and R. Kelly would be her executive producer.” Jailyn Savage stressed that, to her family, it was a business relationship. “When we found out that R. Kelly wanted to work with her, he’s a known musical genius,” she said. The last time the Savage family saw Joycelyn was when she was 21 years old and attending college in 2016. They attempted to arrange an intervention with her because she had been skipping her classes, Tim said. “At one point and time, (Joycelyn) stopped (music) and went off to college. She was at college when all of this happened. She was not with me and my wife, she was trying to get her bachelor’s degree and this predator took her away from her family,” Tim explained. “We tried to find out why she was missing classes, want to get to the bottom of this. We headed back to Henry County and was in the middle of Atlanta when her roommate called and said someone picked her up. Joycelyn was no longer at school. It’s very heartbreaking.” Their claims first came to light in an interview which has since gone viral in 2017. The couple publicly outlined their concerns for their daughter's safety when they participated in the six-part Lifetime docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly," that aired in January. The series walks through multiple sexual assault allegations against Kelly, including by women living in metro Atlanta. PHOTOS | R. Kelly Johns Creek home 1/6 2/6 3/6 4/6 5/6 6/6 1 / 6 Jonjelyn Savage said watching R. Kelly’s expletive-laced interview on "CBS This Morning" made her fear for her daughter. “I can only image what he does when he’s not on camera. He allegedly has a bad temper, he’s very controlling,” she said. The family said they do not want money or anything from the R&B singer, other than to see their daughter and put an end to what they call R. Kelly’s “brainwashing” of young women. “We want to see justice for all these young ladies he came in contact with,” Tim Savage said. “We just want our daughter.”<doc-sep>The parents of Joycelyn Savage, one of two young women in a relationship with R. Kelly, held a press conference Wednesday morning claiming Kelly lied in his interview with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King. They reiterated their belief that the R&B singer has kept their daughter estranged from her family for two years. "Joycelyn, we went from seeing you, talking to you weekly, to not seeing you for two years," her mother, Jonjelyn Savage, said during the press conference in Decatur, Georgia. "So that is a clear indication to us, and as a mother, that something is definitely wrong with this situation." "The allegations Mr. Kelly has brought against my family is very horrific," Joycelyn's father, Timothy Savage, said. "We are a solid family, we care about our daughter. From day one the only thing we wanted to do was actually to see our daughter, hear from our daughter, and make sure she's fine." Kelly is currently in a relationship with 23-year-old Savage and 21-year-old Azriel Clary. Both of them live with Kelly at his Chicago home. The parents of both women believe the 52-year-old R&B star has brainwashed their daughters into being a part of his alleged sex cult. In an earlier statement released to the public, the Clary family attorney called Kelly "a liar, manipulator and sociopath." In an exclusive interview with "CBS This Morning's" Gayle King that aired Wednesday, Kelly said he met Joycelyn Savage after her father brought her to one of his concerts when she was 19. "I didn't go looking for a Joycelyn Savage. I was doing my show ... he brought her and asked a friend of mine to put her on the stage with R. Kelly, make sure she's on the stage," he said. "That is absolutely not true," the Savage family attorney Gerald Griggs said Wednesday morning during the press conference, stating, "that at no point has Mr. Kelly ever met Mr. Timothy Savage." Kelly was indicted February 22 and turned himself in to Chicago police. He was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four victims, three of whom were underage. He is being prosecuted by the Cook County state's attorney. Sources tell CBS News federal and state authorities in at least two states — New York and Illinois — are now investigating a variety of allegations. Allegations of sexual abuse have trailed Kelly over the past 25 years. He married the late singer Aaliyah in 1994 when he was 27 and she 15; it was later discovered that she lied and listed her age on the marriage certificate as 18. The marriage was annulled in 1995. Kelly settled out of court with three different women in 1996, 2001 and 2002 over claims he had sexual relationships with them when they were minors. In 2002, Kelly was indicted on 21 counts of child pornography for participating with a minor in a sex tape. After years of delays and a reduction to 14 counts, in 2008 Kelly was found not guilty of all charges after the jury deliberated for a day. The recent Lifetime series "Surviving R. Kelly" drew new attention to the years of allegations against him. The Savage and Clary families fear his relationships with the two women, nearly 30 years younger than him, are cause for concern. "We are in a battle to make sure she is not a victim to the allegations that we've heard and now the charges that we've heard against Robert Sylvester Kelly," Griggs said Wednesday, as the Savage family stood beside him. When Gayle King asked Kelly about the families' claims, Kelly pointed the finger right back at them. "You're with two women right now. You love them, they say they love you. What kind of love is it that keeps these young women away from their families?" King asked in the "CBS This Morning" interview. "I'm going to answer your question. What kind of father, what kind of mother, will sell their daughter to a man?" Kelly said. Asked by King if he was saying that Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage's parents handed their daughters over to him, Kelly said, "Absolutely. Are the cameras still going? Absolutely." He also said, "How come it was OK for me to see them until they wasn't getting no money from me? Why would you take your daughter — if I'm going to take my daughter and she's 19 years old to a 49-year-old icon, whatever, celebrity or R. Kelly concert or whoever it is, I'm not going to put her on the stage and leave her. I'm going to take her to the concert. Their father is more into my music and know about my music than they do." The Savage family denied being in it for the money. "We want the record to remain clear that at no point did Tim, Jonjelyn Savage ever request, ever demand, ever receive any financial compensation from Robert Sylvester Kelly," Griggs said during his press conference with the family.<doc-sep>
R. Kelly's ranting interview with CBS on Wednesday morning had one immediate impact: Joycelyn Savage, one of his alleged "sex slaves," who hasn't talked to her family in two years, called them to say she's fine and "very happy" after they held a press conference condemning Kelly and begging her to get in touch. "I've told you guys a million, million times, that I'm OK and I'm very happy, you know where I'm at," Joycelyn Savage, 23, kept saying on the phone call to the office of her family's Atlanta lawyer, Gerald Griggs, who posted it on Twitter. But her mother, Jonjelyn Savage, and her sisters, Jori, 11, and Jailyn, 18, kept asking her, "When are you coming home?" "How do we know you're happy if we haven't heard from you for two years?" her mother asked. "Why can't you call your family or friends or come to your grandfather's funeral or talk to your grandmother who has Stage 4 cancer?" Joycelyn hung up after about three minutes, Griggs told USA TODAY, and he said she appeared to be "reading from a script." "When her little sister asked her, how're you doing, she paused for 45 seconds," Griggs said. "She called because she and someone in Kelly's camp saw our press conference (responding to Kelly's CBS interview). That broke through whatever control (Kelly) has over her." CBS's Gayle King's interview with Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary, is scheduled to air Thursday morning. Both women, who Kelly referred to as his girlfriends, are believed to live with him and remain his supporters, although their parents have accused him, in the Lifetime film "Surviving R. Kelly," of holding them against their will in his alleged "sex cult." Michael Avenatti, the Los Angeles lawyer who says he represents multiple accusers of Kelly, hinted that he represents Clary's parents, Alice and Angelo Clary, in tweets condemning the interview with their daughter, snippets of which have been aired. “It is pathetic and disgusting that R Kelly has manipulated these young girls and lied to them about their families. It has been his modus operandi for decades and part of his abuse," Avenatti tweeted. In King's interview with Kelly, he ranted, screamed and cried about the sex-crimes charges Cook County prosecutors in Chicago have brought against him, denied he had ever engaged in sex with underage girls and called all of his accusers liars. The Savages said they watched the interview as a "church-going family." "If he gets this upset on TV, I can only imagine what he does behind closed doors when he's not on camera," said Jonjelyn Savage. "Allegedly he has a bad temper, he's very controlling, and when the girls do something he doesn't like, he throws a rage and becomes physically violent." Griggs said both Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary attended Kelly's $1 million bond hearing on Feb. 23, although neither talked to the media, Griggs said. Griggs said he believes Joycelyn called because of the press conference the family held in Fulton County, Georgia, after Kelly's CBS interview aired, to deny Kelly's assertions, among others, that Joycelyn's father, Timothy Savage, had offered his daughter to Kelly for money. At no point did this happen, Griggs said. "No money was ever requested or given to the Savages. Stop the lies or show the receipts. #RKelly. Tim Savage has never met R Kelly," Griggs tweeted. He said "someone in the Kelly camp" saw the press conference and contacted Griggs to set up a phone call from the daughter. He said the family was not surprised to hear her say, again, that she's fine, but was surprised that her little sister was able to throw her off her "script." Still, Griggs told USA TODAY, "I feel that we (the Savage family) will be speaking in person to Joycelyn very, very soon, I believe the needle has been moved and I'm cautiously optimistic." Griggs, a longtime defense attorney in the Atlanta area, predicted Kelly's interview with King will come back to haunt him at his trial in Chicago on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse dating back to 1998 and involving four accusers, three of them under 17 at the time. "It's an out-of-court statement and any pre-court statement can be used against him to prove a fact" at trial, Griggs said. "He denied having sex with anyone under 17 – now prosecutors can use that statement against him (at trial)."