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R. Kelly's ex-tour manager testifies he bribed a government worker so singer could marry then-underage Aaliyah
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foxnews.comA former tour manager for R. Kelly reluctantly testified Friday that he paid a $500 bribe to a government worker to get the singer Aaliyah a fake identification card so Kelly could secretly marry her when she was 15 years old.
Demetrius Smith told a jury at Kelly’s sex-trafficking trial that after he went into a Chicago-area welfare office in 1994, he brazenly approached an employee who was taking ID photos. "Hey, want to make some money?" he said he asked the employee before handing over the cash.
He was confident the bribe would work because "everybody needs some money," he added. The welfare card was one of two fake IDs used to clear the way for the R&B legend to marry Aaliyah after he began a sexual relationship with her and believed.
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