R.Kelly Has Been Charged With Bribing A Government Official To Marry Aaliyah At 15

It’s been 25 years since R.Kelly was married to 15-year-old Aaliyah, but the singer has finally been charged for it. 

Kelly was charged with bribing a government official to get a fake ID for the teenage singer. The indictment was filed on Thursday (December 5th), in a Brooklyn courthouse that states “a fraudulent identification document for Jane Doe #1 on Aug 30th, 1994.”

According to reports, a person familiar with the situation confirmed that Aaliyah was the Jane Doe that was referenced in the court documents. It is stated on an Illinois marriage license the two were officially married on August 31st, 1994. The marriage license listed Aaliyah’s age at 18 but she was really 15 years old. In 1995, the marriage was annulled. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001. 

R.Kelly’s attorney has yet to respond to the new charges.