Nathan Edmond said he had agreed to never speak about the ceremony — until he was subpoenaed to testify on Kelly’s sex trafficking and racketeering trial.
BROOKLYN, New York — For years, the story of R. Kelly’s marriage to 15-year-old Aaliyah Haughton was shrouded in mystery. The two denied it had taken place, even after the marriage license wasBut on Wednesday, during Kelly’s federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn, the minister who married the two singers on Aug. 31, 1994, spoke publicly for the very first time.
“I didn’t think it was anybody special — I didn’t understand it at all,” Edmond said in his testimony, which took place over a video conference call. Edmond spoke after being subpoenaed, and he acknowledged that he did “not especially” want to be taking the stand.Aaliyah attends a press conference in Los Angeles, November 1994.
“A friend of Mr. Kelly’s, who was also a friend and associate of mine, asked me to do him a favor,” Edmond recalled. Kelly’s friend, Keith Williams, knew Edmond because they both worked in real estate, Edmond said. Before conducting the ceremony, Edmond said he was asked to sign a confidentiality agreement, but he refused, saying it didn’t look legally sound. “I looked at it, I read it, then I kind of chuckled… and said it wasn’t worth the paper it was written on.”
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