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Woman allegedly held captive in R. Kelly 'cult' denies report: 'I'm not being brainwashed'

After a Buzzfeed report accused R. Kelly of holding women captive in an "abusive cult," a woman at the center of story has denied being Kelly's "hostage."

After an explosive Buzzfeed report alleged on Monday that R. Kelly is holding women captive in an "abusive cult," the daughter of the concerned parents at the center of the story has spoken out and denied being "brainwashed" by Kelly, as her parents claimed in a police report.

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Joycelyn Savage, the 21-year-old daughter of the parents identified as "J." and "Tim" in Buzzfeed's report, told TMZ in a video interview that she's in a "happy place" in life and has "never been held hostage."

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