R.Kelly Accused of Assault & Stealing Songwriting Royalties

R. Kelly's legal woes continue to mount as the Chicago bred crooner has been accused of assaulting and stealing songwriting royalties from a former employee.

According to The Chicago Tribune, Henry "Love" Vaughn, who claims to have been a "mentor and guide" to Kelly since he was a teenager , filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (October 4th) claiming Kelly and others dragged him to the basement of Kelly's home in Olympia Fields on Feb. 19th, and "Kelly repeatedly struck him about the face and body with his fists."

Vaughn's suit also claims Kelly reneged on an oral agreement to pay him one-half of the money he earned from a song that was ultimately titled "Step in the Name of Love."

Vaughn alleges he provided Kelly with the "concept" for the song by suggesting that they create a song for the dance known as "Steppin".

Allan Mayer, a spokesman for Kelly, responded to the suit via a statement calling Vaughn a "hanger-on" who was trying to extort money from Kelly.

"Kelly has written more than 2,000 songs without ever using a co-writer. The lawsuit is a pathetic collection of half-truths, distortions, and outright lies," Mayer said, " To suggest that he needed Mr. Vaughn's help to write a song-or that he offered him any portion of his songwriting royalties-is ludicrous."

Mayer also revealed that police already investigated the assault allegations and found "there was nothing to them".

Olympia Fields police confirmed yesterday that they investigated the alleged assault and battery but would not discuss the incident.

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