When the present scandal broke, other reports revealed that Kelly had settled a civil case in 1998 involving a sexual relationship with another then-underage girl, and that he was in the process of settling a lawsuit brought by an Epic Records intern making similar allegations. The marriage was annulled and no charges were brought. At the same time he wrote and produced a song for her called 'Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number'. In 1994, he married 15-year old singer Aaliyah (later to die in a plane crash at the age of 22), who falsified her birthdate on the marriage certificate to make herself seem 18. Throughout a career in which he has sold more than 23 million albums, and worked with everyone from the Notorious BIG to Celine Dion and Michael Jackson, Kelly has been pursued by rumours of his interest in underage girls. After the story first surfaced, he claimed: 'Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through.' Notoriously eccentric and reclusive as well as one of the most influential figures in pop, the singer is currently staring at a 19-year stretch in an Illinois state penitentiary if convicted of 14 charges of child pornography stemming from a home video that allegedly depicts him having sex with a 14-year old girl and otherwise degrading her.
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