R. Kelly claims he couldn’t read court documents in his sexual abuse case because he has a learning disability.
The R&B star was charged in his civil case - in which Heather Williams alleges he sexually abused her when she was 16 - after she won a default judgement against Kelly when he failed to appear for a hearing.
Now his lawyers Zaid Abdallah and Raed Shalabi have claimed that Kelly had no idea what the papers were about and didn’t take the appropriate steps to defend himself.
According to TMZ, documents filed by Abdallah and Shalabi read: “[Kelly] suffers from a learning disability that adversely affects his ability to read. In essence he cannot.”
The attorneys are also claiming Kelly should not have been served the papers at all, as he was in Cook County Jail at the time for failing to pay child support to his ex-wife Andrea Lee.
Kelly’s team are asking the courts to withdraw the decision.
The latest allegations come after the singer was faced with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse when four women accused him of sexually abusing them, three of whom claim they were underage.
He previously denied all charges during a TV interview in March, where he became emotional and claimed his accusers are “trying to kill” him.