R. Kelly charged with bribing official for fake ID to marry Aaliyah when she was 15

Dec 6, 2019

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It looks like music fans may finally get an answer to a long-winded question about R. Kelly and Aaliyah. For years, folks have wondered how the singer managed to marry his protege in 1994 when she was just 15 years old.

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According to the New York Times, the Grammy winner has been accused of bribing an Illinois government employee on August 30, 1994 in order to obtain a fake ID for the underaged girl so he could marry her. Sources told the outlet that the ID was used to obtain a marriage license that listed her age as 18. The marriage was eventually annulled.

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During an interview with Good Morning America, Kelly’s attorney Steven Greenberg claimed that the singer had no idea Aaliyah was underage when they wed. (Which seems crazy, considering he produced her debut album entitled Age Ain’t Nothin But a Number.)

“My understanding is that she did not claim to be 15, and in order to get married, she had to lie about her age,” Greenberg said at the time.

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On Thursday, the lawyer suggested that the new indictment “does not appear to materially alter the landscape.”

R. Kelly is already facing federal charges for racketeering and has been charged in several other jurisdictions for sexual abuse.