Aaliyah Was Reportedly Pregnant

Van Allen then confirmed the longstanding rumor that the “Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number” singer was pregnant at the time of her ill-fated union.

“The reason [Kelly and Aaliyah] got married was because they felt like if he was married to her and if he said he thought she was 18, that he wouldn’t be charged if someone found out she was pregnant until they were able to get the abortion and get [the marriage] annulled,” she continued.

Van Allen also admitted that her and Kelly’s childhood sexual abuse brought them close together – despite her only being 17 when they met.

Aaliyah’s Mom Broke Her Silence

Aaliyah’s mother has yet to comment on the allegations surrounding her and R. Kelly. The notoriously private woman has never given any video interviews about her daughter since her death. But when Lifetime’s three-part documentary Surviving R. Kelly premiered on Jan. 3, Diane Haughton, released a statement.

She broke her silence in response to claims from R. Kelly’s former backup singer Jovante Cunningham. She alleges she saw Aaliyah and R. Kelly engaging in “things that an adult should not be doing with a child.” Haugton angrily denied the claims in a statement.

“The woman and so-called back up singer in the forthcoming “Surviving…” documentary that describes seeing, meeting or ever breathing the same air as my daughter, Aaliyah, is lying and is a liar,” Haughton said. “My husband and I were always on tour with her and at interviews wand every place she went throughout her entire career. Whoever this woman is, I have never seen her before anywhere on planet earth, until now.”