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The last pre-trial hearing before R. Kelly's federal sex-trafficking trial begins next week featured a laundry list of what will and won't be heard by the jury, including his secret marriage to then-teenage singer Aaliyah.
The outline of the story of Kelly and Aaliyah, who died in a 2001 plane crash, has long been known although Kelly has never admitted to wrongdoing. They secretly married in 1994, when she was 15 and he was 27 – allegedly after he bribed a government official to obtain a fake ID for her showing her age as 18, according to a 55-page motion filed by prosecutors last week. The marriage was soon annulled.
Now, according to the transcript of Tuesday's hearing obtained by USA TODAY, prosecutors will be allowed to present evidence about how Kelly, now 54, allegedly had “sexual contact” with Aaliyah,referred to as "Jane Doe #1," when she was underage.
The outline of the story of Kelly and Aaliyah, who died in a 2001 plane crash, has long been known although Kelly has never admitted to wrongdoing. They secretly married in 1994, when she was 15 and he was 27 – allegedly after he bribed a government official to obtain a fake ID for her showing her age as 18, according to a 55-page motion filed by prosecutors last week. The marriage was soon annulled.
Now, according to the transcript of Tuesday's hearing obtained by USA TODAY, prosecutors will be allowed to present evidence about how Kelly, now 54, allegedly had “sexual contact” with Aaliyah,referred to as "Jane Doe #1," when she was underage.