R. Kelly married a 15-year-old Aaliyah Haughton in 1994 to avoid prosecution — specifically to prevent her from being able to testify against him in court, witnesses reportedly told federal prosecutors. Federal prosecutors in New York filed court documents on Tuesday which detailed the witnesses’ allegations against Kelly, 52. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Aaliyah, …
Federal prosecutors in New York have accused R. Kelly of bribing a government employee in 1994 to get a fake ID for then-15-year-old singer Aaliyah Haughton so he could marry her. The New York Times reported that authorities have added the allegation against Kelly, 52, onto his previous racketeering indictment. The deceased singer is identified …
A six-part docuseries set to air on Lifetime this week features an interview one of R. Kelly’s ex-backup singers who accused then-27-year-old musician of having sex with Aaliyah when she was 15. In “Surviving R. Kelly,” former backup singer Jovante Cunningham tearfully recounted meeting Robert Kelly at age 14 and how the singer had sexual …
