R. Kelly Denies New Rape Scandal

July 2, 2009 9:28 a.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - A new scandal involving R. Kelly is false. The "Ignition" hitmaker is refuting reports that he is under investigation having sexual relationship with an underage girl.

According to a report by Media Take Out on Wednesday, an anonymous source close to the singer said that police raided his home in suburban Olympia Fields in connection with the alleged relationship between the singer and a minor.

A spokesman for the singer said in a statement, "A wildly exaggerated and inaccurate report has been circulating on the Internet that Olympia Fields police showed up at R. Kelly's house with a search warrant just before the singer left for his three-week concert tour in Africa last month and then searched the place looking for a missing 17-year-old girl."

"This is completely false. No police ever showed up at Kelly's house with a search warrant nor was his house ever searched. It is also not true, as the unsubstantiated report claimed, that any such girl ever stayed overnight in Kelly's house or that she had been there but left shortly before some mythical police search."

"Kelly's attorneys have informed the police that they will cooperate fully with any investigation."

Olympia Fields Police Department also denied the report to the Huffington Post, with a rep, saying, "No, none of it is true."