Were Tomi Rae and James married?
They exchanged vows, but whether their marriage is legal is a question that has not yet been decided. The singer’s longtime advisers say no — that Tomi Rae Hynie Brown had wed another man years ago and never properly dissolved that union, making her marriage to Mr. Brown invalid. She says her first marriage to Javed Ahmed was never legal in the first place and that a Charleston judge agreed, which would make her Mr. Brown’s widow. Judge Jack Early has ordered a hearing to determine whether she was Mr. Brown’s fourth wife be held by February.
