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Teddy riley Responds To Daughter's Allegations

TEDDY RILEY RESPONDS TO DAUGHTERS ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE: Says he's only guilty of giving them 'an inflated sense of entitlement and expectation.'

(December 30, 2009)
*Teddy Riley is responding to accusations by his adult daughters that he violently attacked them with a guitar from the video game Rock Band.

In a statement to TMZ, Riley is strongly denying the allegations -- and insists the entire situation happened because as a parent he allowed his kids to have "an inflated sense of entitlement and expectation."

Here's the statement in its entirety:

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

Earlier we reported ...

TEDDY RILEY ACCUSED OF ATTACKING DAUGHTERS

*Teddy Riley gave a whole new meaning to the term making hits after his daughters accused him of violently attacking them with a guitar from the video game Rock Band.

TMZ.com is reporting that 18-year-old Taja Riley was granted a temporary restraining order against her father -- claiming the 43-year-old abused her and her older sister by "stomping, punching and bashing them" in his L.A. home on Dec. 23.

In the documents, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Taja claims at one point Teddy, "lifted a Rock Band guitar and threatened to kill person(s) w/ it."

Taja claims she suffered several injuries in the alleged altercation -- including "bashes to temple, contusion on face" and "pain in knee."

Teddy, creator of the "New Jack Swing" sound of the late 80s, has been ordered to stay 100 yards away from Taja. The next hearing is set for January.