He’s written some of the world’s biggest hits, but R Kelly’s lawyers have claimed that he is illiterate and that’s why he didn’t respond to a sex abuse lawsuit.
The Ignition hitmaker claimed last month that a learning disability prevented him from reading court documents in his alleged criminal sexual abuse case, in which a woman alleges Kelly began a sexual relationship with her when she was 16, but on Wednesday a judge allowed the suit to proceed.
His attorneys, Raed Shalabi and Zaid Abdallah, insisted the singer hadn’t responded to the lawsuit – served when he was in the Cook County Jail – because he is illiterate.
The singer’s next court date in the case is set for June 19th. Read more