A story in GQ magazine makes new allegations against singer R Kelly who is currently facing charges regarding child pornography and sex with underage girls. The article claims:
1. The 14-year-old girl who had kinky sex with Kelly four years ago in a widely bootlegged amateur porn tape is his "goddaughter" Reshonda Landfair, the daughter of Kelly's guitarist.
2. When Kelly was romancing his 15-year-old protégé Aaliyah in 1994, he took her to a suburban Chicago hotel room for a quickie marriage ceremony. Kelly used a phony marriage certificate that listed her age as 18 and the two were legally hitched. The union was later annulled, and Aaliyah was sworn to secrecy and waived all civil claims against Kelly.
3. Childhood friends of Kelly tell GQ that he was sexually molested by a "trusted older man from the neighborhood," which may have contributed to his abusive behavior as an adult.
It seems Kelly's appetite for young girls was an open secret, and until a thief stole ‘that videotape’ (the main bit of evidence in the case) four years ago the star might never have been arrested because none of the underage girls he allegedly had sex with were willing to testify against him. Kelly currently faces 21 counts of child pornography, though authorities have been unable to indict him on the more serious charge of statutory rape without the cooperation of his victims.