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Lawyer says R. Kelly didn't show up for court because he can't read

Posted April 30, 2019 1:00 am

Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly's new lawyer says the embattled R&B superstar didn't show up to hearings in a sex abuse lawsuit because he can't read.

The Sun-Times first reported that, on April 23, a Cook County judge entered a default judgment against Kelly after he and his lawyer didn't respond to summonses in a lawsuit filed against him in February.

Kelly was served in early March while he was being held in the Cook County jail over his failure to pay more than $160,000 in child support to his ex-wife, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.

"The defendant does not recall being served," Kelly's new attorney, Zaid Abdallah, said in a filing dated April 26. "The Defendant suffers from a learning disability that adversely affects his ability to read, in essence he cannot."

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