*A woman who sued R Kelly for sexual abuse has been awarded a default judgement in her favor, after the embattled singer failed to appear in court.
According to Page Six, Heather Williams filed the case against Kelly last year, claiming she had a sexual relationship with the R&B hitmaker in 1998 when she was 16, which she now views as abusive.
Kelly’s former attorneys in the case withdrew last month, saying they felt “that circumstances have evolved that prevent the counsels from zealously advocating on behalf of the defendant.”
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When Kelly failed to respond to her complaint last year, the judge made a default judgement in Williams’ favor last April. But his attorneys were able to convince the court to reopen the case. We previously reported.. Kelly’s legal team said he had not responded due to his illiteracy, as he was unable to read the summons he had been sent, so he did not know there was a civil case against him.
Kelly hasn’t appeared in court to defend himself from the suit, so a Chicago judge ruled Tuesday that he defaulted on the civil lawsuit filed by Williams.
The case will be up for a final hearing on March 10.
The ruling came days after R. Kelly’s former landlord in Chicago sued him for $3.4 million in back rent for his studio space.
Meanwhile, R. Kelly is scheduled for an April trial in Chicago on multiple sex crime charges.
He’s also scheduled to go to trial in July in Brooklyn on racketeering, sex-trafficking and bribery charges.
Earlier this month, R. Kelly was slapped with new federal charges that he sexually abused a minor over a four-year period. He will be arraigned on the new indictment on March 5.
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