Looks like a fan of R. Kelly has been taken into custody in the Chicago area on federal charges claiming he threatened to “storm” the U.S. attorney’s office in New York.
Christopher Gunn, 39, is reportedly a YouTuber who is now charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn with making threats about serious bodily injury or death, Chicago Tribune reported.
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Gunn, who has been recognized in previous news reports as a member of an R. Kelly fan club, reportedly told his YouTube viewers to “get real familiar with this building” because “If Kellz goes down, everybody’s going down. That’s where they work at,” Gunn allegedly said in the video. “We’re going to storm the office. … If you ain’t got the stomach for the (expletive) we ’bout to do, I’m asking that you just bail out.”
Prosecutors said the ‘super fan’ was characterizing Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, where the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has offices.
“That building is located right outside the courthouse where R. Kelly was being prosecuted at. It’s the first building on the corner,” he said. “That is the United States federal prosecution office. That’s where they at. That’s where they work at. “We’re going to storm they office,” Gunn allegedly said before naming the three prosecutors and threatening he was going to “storm” them, too.
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Kelly, 55, who was convicted in September on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, is due to be sentenced in the case in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday.
Gunn, who goes by the dame “DeBoSki” online, allegedly attended at least one day of the disgraced former crooner’s trial last year.
He was arrested Saturday by federal agents in Illinois and remanded into custody following his arraignment in Chicago on Monday.
Prosecutors will attempt to extradite Gunn to Brooklyn. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted, prosecutors said.
It is unclear if Gunn actually knows Kelly, but his next court date is Wednesday.