PROSECUTORS TO USE R. KELLY’S MARRIAGE TO AALIYAH TO KEEP HIM IN JAIL

In a new court filing, prosecutors in the R. Kelly case are arguing that his marriage to a then 15-year-old Aaliyah is proof that the singer can’t be trusted around kids and has to continue to be contained behind bars.

“Defendant even married a 15-year-old girl when he was 27 years old,” federal prosecutors said in newly filed court papers in the Eastern District of Illinois, The NY Daily News reports.

“The government produced in discovery to the defendant the official marriage application, marriage certificate, and annulment records for this marriage. Far from being a one-time mistake, defendant’s sexual abuse of minors was intentional and prolific,” they say.

Kelly is locked up at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Downtown Chicago, pending his trial.

The embattled singer faces 18 counts in federal indictments on various sex crimes in Chicago and Brooklyn. He faces 195 years for the Chicago case alone.

But as Kelly’s team fights for his release, the prosecution is gathering evidence to prove their case with the secret marriage Aaliyah marriage to say that Kelly needs to remain behind bars.

“The extent of defendant’s sexual abuse of minor girls is staggering,” prosecutors argue. “The indictment in this district alone alleges five minor victims, and as proffered at the detention hearing, defendant sexually abused those girls hundreds of times before they turned 18 years old.”

R. Kelly is facing trial for sexual abuse and child pornography, but the inappropriate marriage proves that he exploits minors and prosecutors are arguing that he’ll be a threat to society if released on bail.

It has been reported that the singer is “begging” a judge to release him from solitary confinement, as he feels that he is being treated unfairly due to his celebrity status, and that the conditions have been terrible for someone who is still awaiting trial and has not been guilty.