R. Kelly failed to respond to a lawsuit because he cannot read, according to his lawyers.
Judge Moira Johnson issued an initial judgement in the case after he failed to respond to a lawsuit from one of four women accusing him of sexual abuse, according to The Guardian.
However, the lawsuit was reinstated once R. Kelly‘s lawyers explained that he was in jail when served and he didn’t respond because he can’t read.
“The Defendant suffers from a learning disability that adversely affects his ability to read, in essence he cannot,” the lawyers wrote in a filing late last month.
The victim alleges that she began a sexual relationship with the singer in 1998, when she was 16. He pled not guilty to all sexual abuse charges and denies any wrongdoing.
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