Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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After Aaliyah's cousin Jomo Hankerson sued his dad Barry Hankerson over music rights, the singer's manager addressed the filing in a countersuit, partially blaming him for her fatal 2001 plane crash. Barry—the brother of the late singer's mom Diane Hankerson Haughton—argued that his son "was compensated to accompany and coordinate the travel of his late cousin, Aaliyah, to a music video shoot taking place in the Bahamas" in 2001 but "failed in his responsibility," according to his countersuit obtained by TMZ and Us Weekly Aug. 31. He posited that the plane crash on Aug. 25, 2001—which ultimately killed all eight passengers and the pilot—may "have been avoided" if the music producer "followed through on his compensated task of travel coordination." Full Story: eonline.com/videos/2512794179811/aaliyahs-uncle-says-his-son-is-at-fault-for-fatal-plane-crash-in-new-lawsuit


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