R. Kelly Sued By Fourth Woman Over Sexual Allegations

NEW YORK (R. Kelly Fans Websites) - Lawyers for R&B singer R. Kelly have already said that the ATM machine is closed, but that hasn't stopped women the singer has allegedly had sex with from trying to make withdrawals in civil court.

Montana "Tina" Woods filed a $50,000 invasion of privacy lawsuit in Cook County, Ill. Circuit Court on Friday (May 31) -- the fourth woman to do so in as many years (allstar, April 30), according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Woods, however, is not accusing Kelly of criminal sexual assault, but rather is seeking damages surrounding allegations that Kelly videotaped their sexual encounter without her consent.

Woods claims she and Kelly had a sexual encounter at Chicago Trax, Kelly's recording studio in the Windy City that has been named in several previous lawsuits, which has since appeared on a black market video entitled R. Kelly Triple X. Adding insult to injury, Woods is also accusing Kelly of negligence for failing to keep the tape from being copied and distributed.

"Kelly set up a hidden camera, prepared his office and background for the exclusive purpose of secretly recording Miss Woods," stated the suit, as quoted by the Sun Times.

The latest lawsuit is yet another blow to Kelly's already tarnished image. Most recent, the singer settled another $50,000 lawsuit by a former Epic Records intern who accused him of inducing her into a sexual relationship at the age of 17 (allstar, April 8). A month later, Kelly spoke out on his sexual behavior and on the existence of an alleged explicit videotape of him having sex with an underage female. (allstar, May 9).

The controversy continues to affect sales of the singer's latest album, The Best of Both Worlds with rapper Jay-Z, which has recently dropped to No. 61 on The Billboard 200.

A spokesperson for Kelly at Sitrick and Co. called the lawsuit "nonsense." "[Kelly] will defend this suit very vigorously and he is confident that it will be thrown out," said the spokesperson. "It's just nonsense."