I think because Aretha's Father had a child with a 12 year old people assumed he was a child molester and rapist and that's why the rumors was her fathered her first child.
They assumed huh? What concrete evidence other than a grown man impregnating a 12 year old would one need to label him a pedophile/molester? Please enlighten me.
Those rumors about Aretha and CL are preposterous. They were belied by her sisters and her brother at the time and they really should stop now. Aretha herself named the father of her first two children in her handwritten will. At the time it was not uncommon for girls to have early pregnancies, in both African American and other communities. Pregnancies were either terminated or the girl’s mother would pretend she was actually the mother, and would raise the child as her own.
Great work like always!!
I think because Aretha's Father had a child with a 12 year old people assumed he was a child molester and rapist and that's why the rumors was her fathered her first child.
They assumed huh? What concrete evidence other than a grown man impregnating a 12 year old would one need to label him a pedophile/molester? Please enlighten me.
@@wonderfilled6048 rumors were he moved to Detroit because he was accused of molesting a young girl.
Id like to know more about C.L Franklin's life. Like what the h*ll Aretha had two children by the age of 15?
Back in the day Black women did NOT have a problem finding a BLACKMAN honey!
Those rumors about Aretha and CL are preposterous. They were belied by her sisters and her brother at the time and they really should stop now. Aretha herself named the father of her first two children in her handwritten will. At the time it was not uncommon for girls to have early pregnancies, in both African American and other communities. Pregnancies were either terminated or the girl’s mother would pretend she was actually the mother, and would raise the child as her own.
Or handoff to another relative or family friend that struggled with infertility