The alleged issue at the heart of the matter: The daughters strenuously object to daddy Riley dating a woman their age, calling Riley’s girlfriend “a gold digger” on Twitter.
Riley does not address how his daughter received her multiple facial injuries, but Taja Riley, 18, was awarded a restraining order from a judge that prohibits Riley from coming within 100 feet of her. She reportedly appeared with several bruises, including “bashes to the temple,” “a contusion on the face” and “pain in the knee.” The next hearing is scheduled for January.
The two sides also traded shockingly harsh tweets back and forth, airing their intimate family laundry over the airwaves. The exchanges became so brutal that Teddy Riley finally cancelled his Twitter account and demanded his girlfriend do the same.
Teddy Riley, the pioneering hitmaker who created the New Jack Swing and groups like Guy, Wrecks-N-Effect and Blackstreet, adamantly denies he beat, stomped and pummeled his children with one of his guitars and kicked them in the face. Today, the New York-raised, Virginia-based Riley released the following statement to the media:
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.
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.
Instead of being appreciative and realizing how fortunate they are, my children have an inflated sense of entitlement and expectation without having to work or earn their way.
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. My mother always told me “too many grown people can’t live in one house” so I encourage them to have their own homes if they cannot abide by the rules of mine. I am not an uptight Dad, I am as hip as they come but I will not tolerate being taken advantage of or disrespected, especially in my home.
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.
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.
Thank you so much,
With all my love,
Teddy Riley
