R. Kelly's Attorneys Claim He Can't Read

R. Kelly's legal team is doing everything they can to fight a recent default judgment granted to one of the 52-year-old singer's alleged victims.

As previously reported, Kelly's lawyers recently claimed that the disgraced singer was so "overwhelmed" with his legal woes, he had no idea he was served court papers while in jail earlier this year. Kelly is claiming he signed documents while being locked up for failing to pay child support and had no idea that they were in connection to one of his sexual abuse cases.

Now, his lawyers are additionally saying he can't really read, which they claim is another reason why he failed to appear in court for his civil lawsuit and thus lost the case, TMZ reports.

According to the entertainment news site, Kelly's attorneys, Zaid Abdallah, and Raed Shalabi, recently filed legal docs claiming Kelly "suffers from a learning disability that adversely affects his ability to read," adding, "in essence he cannot." Which further their argument that he didn't know what he was signing.

The case in question is Heather Williams' sexual abuse lawsuit against Kelly. Heather, who is one of Kelly's many accusers, sued the 52-year-old singer back in February, claiming he sexually abused her when she was 16-years-old. The lawsuit came just after Kelly was indicted for ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Following the default judgment, Kelly's civil attorney, Brian Nix, responded to their legal defeat, saying in a statement, "R. Kelly was served while incarcerated on the child support case and he was overwhelmed by the experience of being in jail. [Being overwhelmed] coupled with Mr. Kelly not being cognizant of what the motion fully meant led to him missing the hearing. I had no idea he had been served."

Kelly's lawyers are now asking the court to vacate the default judgment.

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