Singer R. Kelly charged with paying bribe for fake ID before marrying Aaliyah

CHICAGO -- (KTLA) -- Federal prosecutors are accusing singer R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994.

The revised indictment, filed Thursday in New York, accuses Kelly of paying a bribe in exchange for a “fraudulent identification document” for someone identified only as “Jane Doe” on Aug. 30, 1994.

A day later, Kelly, then 27, married Aaliyah in a secret ceremony he arranged at a hotel in Chicago. The marriage was annulled months later because of her age. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22.

The U.S. attorney's office declined to comment about whom the fake ID was meant for, and the indictment didn't mention the wedding, but a person familiar with the investigation confirmed the “Jane Doe” was Aaliyah. The person wasn't authorized to discuss details of the new charge and spoke on condition of anonymity.