R. Kelly Married Aaliyah To Avoid Criminal Charges, Witnesses Told Federal Prosecutors The marriage, held in 1994, was later annulled. ... Steve Greenberg, R. Kelly’s lawyer, ...

This December R. Kelly was charged with a new indictment which accused the singer of bribing a federal employee in 1994 to get a fake ID for the late singer Aaliyah in order to legally marry her.