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Former R. Kelly tour manager reluctantly testifies about the singer's marriage to Aaliyah
CNN
A former tour manager for R. Kelly told jurors on Friday that he was with Kelly and the late singer Aaliyah the day they applied for a marriage license in 1994, when she was just 15 years old.
Demetrius Smith, 65, testified reluctantly, at times telling US District Judge Ann Donnelly he "didn't want to be here, period."![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250215004209.jpg)
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