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R Kelly is facing charges for bribing an official so he could marry Aaliyah when she was 15 years old
One year ago | By Metro
R Kelly is facing charges over bribing an official to marry Aaliyah when she was just 15 years old
R Kelly is facing charges for bribing an official, so he could marry Aaliyah when she was just 15 years old.
According to reports, a new indictment accuses the singer, 52, of bribing a government official in Illinois back in 1994 to obtain a fake ID for Aaliyah to show she was 18 years old.
It's alleged the ID was used in order to secure a marriage license when Aaliyah was 15. Kelly, then 27, and Aaliyah married in August 1994, a day after the alleged bribe took place, reports The New York...
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R. Kelly Accused of Bribing a Public Official One Day Before Marrying 15-Year-Old Aaliyah
One year ago | By E! Online
R. Kelly's legal troubles are far from over.
As the world knows, the rapper's been indicted on over a dozen charges ranging from alleged child pornography to obstruction of...
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R. Kelly charged with bribery over fake ID for underage wife Aaliyah
One year ago | By Daily Mail
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn brought the charge against the embattled rapper, 52, on Thursday, adding to an already long list of indictments he is facing in multiple states.
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R Kelly charged with bribing official for fake ID that proves Aaliyah was 15-years-old when they married
One year ago | By The Irish Sun
R Kelly faces bribery charges related to his 1994 marriage to singer Aaliyah
One year ago | By The Guardian
Kelly is accused of bribing an Illinois official to obtain a fake ID before his nuptials to the then 15 year old R Kelly is facing new bribery charges apparently related to his 1994 marriage to the R&B singer Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time. A revised indictment in federal court in Brooklyn accuses Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a “fraudulent identification document” for someone identified only as “Jane Doe” on 30 August 1994.
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R. Kelly is accused with bribing a government employee to obtain fake ID to marry the late singer Aaliyah at age 15
One year ago | By Business Insider
Federal prosecutors accused the disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly with bribing an Illinois government employee to acquire a fake ID for 15-year-old Aaliyah.
The ID falsely listed the late signer as 18 years old so she could marry Kelly in September 1994.
The marriage was annulled in February of the following year after reports of the falsified marriage license emerged.
Over the past year, Kelly has faced multiple criminal charges in relation to sexual abuse of minors in several jurisdictions. However, Kelly's lawyer Steven Greenberg told The Times on Thursday that the bribery charge "does not...
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