R. Kelly Accused Of Having Underage Sex With Aaliyah

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R. Kelly has been accused of having had sex with Aaliyah when she was 15 years old.

A former background singer for Kelly, Jovante Cunningham, made the shocking allegations during an interview in the Lifetime documentary, Surviving R. Kelly. Cunningham says she saw the then 27 year old Kelly engaging in a sexual relationship with Aaliyah, who was just 15.

During the interview, which will air as part of a six-part docuseries beginning on January 3, according to People, Cunningham opened up about the feeling she had after learning Kelly and Aaliyah were sexually involved.

"Aaliyah [was] very tom-boyish, glasses, braces, no swag," Cunningham recalls of meeting 12-year-old Aaliyah, who was the niece of Kelly's then-manager, Barry Hankerson."

"She truly was a beautiful young lady. We used to sneak Aaliyah out of the hotel room and take her all over the place," says Cunningham. "Those were the good old days, but those are the things that also make you cry."

"We were out on the road with Aaliyah. On a tour bus, there really aren't many confined spaces. When you get on the bus there are bunks and so these bunks have little curtains you can pull at night if you don't want anybody to see you sleeping," she explained.

"So, it just so happened we were all laying in our bunks and the curtains are open, everybody's communicating, laughing," Cunningham continues. "When the [room] door flew open on the bus. Robert was having sex with Aaliyah."

In 1994, Kelly and Aaliyah had reportedly secretly married, with the help of a forged age proof that showed her age as 18, although she would have been 15 at the time.

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