R. Kelly Accuser Jerhonda Pace Says A Woman Taught Her ‘How to Please’ Singer

A month after going public with her dealings with R. Kelly, an accuser is sharing more information about their relationship

“The trainer is another — it’s a woman — and she trains you to please him sexually,” Jerhonda Pace alleges on “The Real” Tuesday, Sept. 19. “She trained me for everything I was doing. She told me how to please him and she also taught me what I like.”

Pace told the ladies of “The Real” she was invited to Kelly’s tour bus. Upon boarding she found Kelly and the woman nude.

“I’m looking like, ‘Okay, what is this?’ Because Rob is the one who took my virginity,” she says.

She recalls Kelly explained the woman would teach her “everything you need to know.” Then, Paces says and she engaged in sexual activity with the woman.

The daytime talk show chat comes after Pace told BuzzFeed how she became involved in what many allege is R. Kelly’s cult. A big fan of the star as a teen, Pace told the publication she met him during his 2008 child pornography trial by cutting school. She said they had sex on several occasions and echoed other accusers’ claims that he would punish women who broke his strict rules.

“It’s very frightening,” Pace tells “The Real.” “He would slap you in your face. He would physically harm you and he would put you in a room and he would lock you in the room for days. For days.”

Pace said she finally escaped after a few months while Kelly was prepping for a party. She claimed she needed to get shoes from her uncle’s nearby home and Kelly told her to hurry back.

“I left everything and I just never looked back,” she says.

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