More bad news has surfaced around disgraced singer R. Kelly who dropped a new album last December and recently collaborated with Lady Gaga.

Throughout his career, the 47-year-old Grammy Award-winner has been accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women and teen girls, although he was never convicted. In the 1990s, he was involved in a high-profile scandal involving teenage girls just before his notorious child pornography indictment in 2002. At other times, victims kept quiet and settled their cases out of court, although sources say not all the settlements have been made public, reports Jezebel.com.

It also turns out that the R&B crooner settled a sexual misconduct lawsuit as recently as 2010. According to the New York Post's Page Six, Kelly was accused of sexual harassment by his 36-year-old housekeeper, but he paid $100,000 to settle the case out of court and avoid litigation.

Insiders say that the woman worked for Kelly for a year, starting in 2008 and that the "Bump n' Grind" singer allegedly groped her and used inappropriate language. A source close also told Page Six that the "I Believe I Can Fly" singer is currently facing conflict in his inner circle and that more secrets about him are "starting to float to the surface about the millions he paid out over the years to a wide variety of women."

Last year, veteran music writer Jim DeRogatis wrote a profound article about Kelly's history of sexual harassment, writing that there were "dozens of girls -- not one, not two, dozens -- with harrowing lawsuits."

He added in the Village Voice interview that, "I think in the history of rock 'n' roll, rock music or pop culture people misbehaving and behaving badly sexually .. rare is the amount of evidence compiled against anyone apart from R. Kelly."