R. Kelly’s Manager Charged For Calling In Threat During 2018 Documentary Screening In NYC
Earlier this week we reported that three associates of R. Kelly had been arrested for threatening and bribing the alleged victims of the singer. At the time, only details about Richard Arline Jr. were shared but now new information has just been released.
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According to the Associated Press, R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell was arrested and charged for allegedly threatening a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years ago, where a screen of “Surviving R. Kelly” was happening. The threat forced evacuation and the cancellation of the event.
Traveled to NYC for screening of docuseries #survivingRKelly from @dreamhampton and @lifetimetv. It was SHUT DOWN because of threats from R Kelly and his squad. Was just at my high school Kenwood Academy yesterday where he began preying on young girls. #muterkelly pic.twitter.com/7dgWSvtLV3
— Anurima Bhargava (@anurima) December 5, 2018
The latest updates reveal that the 45-year-old was charged with conspiracy and with threatening physical harm by interstate communication. As the news site notes, Russell was scheduled to appear remotely Friday before a magistrate judge in Manhattan federal court. A press release from the Justice Department explained,
“Throughout the day of the Screening, RUSSELL, who was located in Chicago, Illinois, worked with, among others, another individual associated with R. Kelly (“CC-1”) who was in New York the day of the Screening, to draft correspondence to an executive at the Lifetime television channel discouraging the executive from airing the docuseries. Additionally, RUSSELL admitted that he sent NeueHouse a “cease and desist” letter to stop the Screening from going forward. When that failed to stop the Screening, RUSSELL attempted to contact various law enforcement agencies in and around the theater, seemingly in a further effort to disrupt the Screening. RUSSELL contacted a NeueHouse employee directly, via a landline associated with RUSSELL’s home address in Chicago, to threaten that there was a person in the theater with a gun prepared to shoot up the Screening (the “Threat Call”). After receiving the Threat Call, the NeueHouse employee called 911. NeueHouse cancelled the Screening and evacuated the theater.”
Richard Arline Jr. and Michael Williams, have also been charged in separate schemes to harass, intimidate and bribe the alleged victims of the R&B singer, who faces charges there and in Chicago. We will continue to keep you updated when more details have been shared.
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