Teddy Riley Responds to Daughters' Allegations

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

TMZ.com reported 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 Riley claims at one point, her father "lifted a Rock Band guitar and threatened to kill person(s) w/ it."

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

Teddy Riley, 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.

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 his 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 six 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