A Texas woman has accused Grammy award-winning R&B singer R. Kelly of sexual slavery and knowingly infecting her with a STD, according to court documents filed in Manhattan on Monday.

Faith Rodgers, 20, met the singer a year ago in San Antonio, after one of his concerts.

She claims that Kelly, 51, would lock her in a van for hours at a time, and coerced her into having sex. She said he infected her with herpes during their year-long relationship, and accused him of “luring” young girls.

Miss Rodgers was also introduced to one of the five women Kelly said he was “raising”, Jocelyn Savage.

In July 2017 Miss Savage's parents held a news conference asking authorities to remove their daughter from Kelly's home, claiming that she and several other girls were being controlled by Kelly and forced to perform sex acts as part of a cult. Savage denied those claims to TMZ, telling the gossip site: "I'm fine and happy. I haven't been brainwashed."