{"id":16821,"date":"2019-12-10T06:46:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T06:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=16821"},"modified":"2019-12-10T06:46:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T06:46:45","slug":"r-kellys-ex-tour-manager-confirms-he-is-going-to-testify-against-the-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/12\/10\/r-kellys-ex-tour-manager-confirms-he-is-going-to-testify-against-the-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Kelly’s Ex-Tour Manager Confirms He Is Going To Testify Against The Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the case against R. Kelly continues to build, new charges have since been brought against the disgraced singer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Last week, Kelly was charged for the previous alleged offense of bribing an official to obtain a fake ID so that he could illegally marry late R&B singer, Aaliyah in 1994. It has long been speculated that Kelly secretly married his former protege when she was just 15 years old in 1994.<\/p>\n

This was explored in dream hampton\u2019s explosive Lifetime documentary,\u00a0Surviving R. Kelly<\/i>, where Kelly\u2019s former tour manager Demetrius Smith\u00a0 admitted that he had obtained false documents for Kelly, who was 27 at the time, so that he could illegally marry Aaliyah. Smith also detailed the incident in his book.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wrote this story ten years ago about the documents and all of that stuff. It was known back then and all of its coming out now. But, it\u2019s after the fact [and] Aaliyah is not here right now and I really don\u2019t want to bring Aaliyah back up in this. She\u2019s not here and that\u2019s over. They let that go. Her parents didn\u2019t want to have nothing done.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Smith was clear that \u201che still stands [by] words,\u201d the ex-tour manager voiced that \u201cthere\u2019s another part that people just don\u2019t realize and understand about this whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cNobody\u2019s looking at the big picture,\u201d Smith claimed, arguing that Kelly needs to be given mental help instead of having the book thrown at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople just looking locking someone up or creating a case. I think that Robert should get a psych evaluation. I think we should help him more so than hurt him,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n

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The latest charge comes on top of the multitude of other federal offenses Kelly is currently facing after he was arrested for sex-crime related charges in July after he was accused of running a racketeering scheme to sexually abuse girls.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old will go to trial for his Chicago case on April 27, 2020.<\/p>\n

Written by Danielle Ransom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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