Patreon has closed a page that claimed to belong to Savage, a woman publicly linked to R Kelly, after the company was unable to verify who was running it. The page had said it would share Savage’s story about her relationship with Kelly.
According to TMZ, people could join the page for a membership fee ranging from $3 to $25, and more than 1,800 users signed up.
A Patreon spokesperson told TMZ the company made “multiple unsuccessful attempts to verify the identity of the account holder” before closing the page over “potential impersonation.” The spokesperson said everyone who signed up was refunded and that the creator did not receive any funds.
TMZ also reported that Patreon began trying to verify the account on Monday and had given the person behind it a few more days to provide government issued identification.
Kelly’s attorney, Steve Greenberg, initially commented as though the account belonged to Savage. He later walked those comments back in tweets that have since been deleted, saying they could not confirm Savage was behind it.
Kelly has denied the allegations made against him. Baller Alert has not verified who operated the Patreon page, and Savage had not publicly commented on it at the time of publication.
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