After being accused of attacking his daughters, Teddy Riley has decided to respond to the allegations. In a statement he recently released to TMZ, Riley
“Due to recent events, I am compelled to respond in detail to accusations made against me, by my daughters. I love my Daughters, but I will not allow my children to disrespect me in my home. Contrary to what I have been accused of, I would never beat my children.”
He goes on to add more about the incident.
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“Perhaps, I should have been a stronger disciplinarian as they were growing up. I worked very hard so that my children would want for nothing. In hindsight, I see that it was a mistake to give them everything they wanted so that they could have the childhood I never had. Unfortunately, they have taken me, and the privileged life I have given them, completely for granted…However, my ‘children’ are no longer children, they are adults and I am trying to instill in them values and a work ethic of their own…I’ve been working since the age of 14, I bought my first car by myself. Nobody gave me a car. My kids don’t even remember their first car. I grew up with 6 of us in an apartment fighting over one bathroom. My kids have never had to share a bathroom, let alone a bedroom.”
After this, he ended the statement by saying that he wants people to leave this matter alone.
“I’m asking everyone to let this one go… I’m only being a good parent. I’m a great father and everyone who knows me, knows this is true.” Riley added that he “would never beat” his children.
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UPDATE: On Saturday, Teddy Riley gave Vibe.com a tell-all about the incidents of last week. Most notaly, Riley declared, “I felt the need to restrain my children as a disciplinarian parent. I would never hit my daughters out of anger; my only intention was to restrain them from hitting me, with as little force as possible. To my dismay, they came at me and started hitting me. I tried to hold them back, to calm them down, but Taja hit me in the face. Then Deja came in and started screaming and punching me in the head, so I directed her toward the bed, away from me, and out of harm’s way. At some point, Taja fell against the wall, scraping her face, which is how the bruises on the side of her face were obtained. I did not deliberately push her into a wall, nor did I punch her.”
To read the full story, where the veteran songwriter, producer and entertainer states his humiliation, click here.
