More disturbing testimony from Kelly's Brooklyn trial
Aaliyah, who was just 15 at the time, was both too young to be married and too young to get an abortion .the anonymous witness, Kelly had gathered several of his girlfriends together one day, inviting them to ask him anything they wanted. When one of them asked Kelly why he’d married Aaliyah, Kelly explained that she needed legal permission as a minor to obtain the procedure, and only parents or spouses could grant it.
But in order to become her spouse, Kelly—who was 27 at the time—first had to secure a fake ID for Aaliyah, which showed that she was 18. She and Kelly were married in a secret ceremony at a hotel in Chicago., who spoke in court last week about how Kelly left a concert tour when Aaliyah told him she thought she was pregnant.
It’s unclear if Aaliyah was indeed pregnant, and if so, where she had the abortion Kelly allegedly spoke about with his girlfriends. Though there were no parental notification laws in effect in Illinois in 1994, there were in Michigan, where Aaliyah grew up: Legislation requires anyone under the age of 18 to have the written consent of one parent or legal guardian to get the procedure.
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