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The Bribe

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Initial release February 3, 1949
Directors Robert Z. Leonard
Box office2. 51 million USD
Budget1. 984 million USD
Screenplay Marguerite Roberts
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1168120
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Federal agent Rigby (Robert Taylor) travels to a Central American island to investigate stolen war surplus. Suspicion falls on veteran Tugwell Hintten (John Hodiak) and his alluring singer wife, Elizabeth (Ava Gardner). But Rigby's situation gets more complicated when he starts an affair with Elizabeth. The brains of the scam -- J. J. Bealer (Charles Laughton) and Carwood (Vincent Price) -- offer the lawman a bribe. When he refuses it, both lovers' lives are jeopardized. …

R. Kelly faces bribery charge over 1994 marriage to Aaliyah

Feb 16,2020 8:55 am

The Singer has faced allegations of underage abuse for two decades

R. Kelly has been charged with bribing a government official in order to get a fraudulent identification document to marry an under-age girl in 1994.

The Girl , named only as Jane Doe in the documents, has widely been identified by US media as singer Aaliyah .

They got married when she was 15 and R. Kelly was 27. The certificate, leaked at the time, listed her age as 18.

R. Kelly is facing several sexual abuse charges with trials in Chicago and New York next year. He denies wrongdoing.

The latest criminal indictment was filed by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York , and expands on charges filed against him In July .

They say he and his entourage headed up a racketeering operation, across two decades, which recruited women and under-age girls for illegal sexual activity.

What is the new charge?

R. Kelly, real name Robert Kelly , is accused of paying a bribe to an unnamed Illinois government employee to obtain a Fake Id .

the New York Times reports.

Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001

Court documents reportedly say The Bribe was paid on 30 August 1994 - just One Day before The Marriage licence to Aaliyah , first reported by Vibe magazine.

Their marriage was annulled months later because the teenager, whose full name was Aaliyah Dana Haughton, was under age.

The Singer died in a plane crash in 2001. Her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing But A Number , was produced and written by R. Kelly.

Steven Greenberg , R. Kelly's lawyer, told Abc News earlier this year that his client had "no idea" Aaliyah was 15 when they married.

Responding to the New York Times on Thursday, Mr Greenberg said the new charge "does not appear to materially alter the landscape".

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Source of news: bbc.com

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