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new4now ago

http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/r-kelly-aaliyah-relationship-were-they-married-underage-annulment-music/

Kelly Met Aaliyah When She Was 12 Years Old

20 years ago, Vibe prints marriage certificate of Aaliyah & R. Kelly, states she is 18 yrs old. She was 15. He was 28

Kelly Wrote & Produced Aaliyah’s Debut Album ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number’

reports that Aaliyah’s family was outraged when they learned the news, and demanded she get an annulment right away. Their marriage, and their subsequent working relationship, came to a close in 1995.

reports that Aaliyah’s family was outraged when they learned the news, and demanded she get an annulment right away. Their marriage, and their subsequent working relationship, came to a close in 1995.

Kelly has gone on to acquire a reputation for preying on underage women. In 2002, he was charged with 21 counts of child pornography, the most notable of which was a video of him having sex with, and urinating on, a teenage girl.

The case took nearly seven years to get to trial, and when it did in 2008, Kelly was acquitted of all charges. When asked why Kelly was acquitted, witness Lisa Van Allen said “Star power. Definitely. I came forward. I told the truth. That’s basically it. That’s all I could do. I’m disappointed.”

The piece claimed that he’s been running an abusive “cult” of young women in Georgia and Illinois. Former members of Kelly’s entourage confirmed that he dictates “What they eat, how they dress, when they bathe, when they sleep, and how they engage in sexual encounters that he records.”

http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/r-kelly-aaliyah-relationship-were-they-married-underage-annulment-music/