A former advisor to R. Kelly has been charged with making a gun threat that forced the evacuation of a Surviving R. Kelly screening in December 2018
released Friday by the Southern District of New York, Russell first sent a fake “cease and desist” letter to NeueHouse; when that was ignored — and after failed attempts to contact New York law enforcement — Russell placed the threatening phone call, which federal agents were able to track back to a landline associated with Russell’s home address in Chicago. “After receiving the Threat Call, the NeueHouse employee called 911.
FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. added in a statement, “It defies logic that a threat like the one alleged here could stop victims from speaking about their alleged abuse. The violence Mr. Russell allegedly threatened succeeded in shutting down one airing of the documentary, but he was unable to silence the women featured in the film.”
Russell was charged Wednesday with “using the mail, the internet, and cellular telephones to attempt to cause emotional distress to another individual,” the Eastern District of New York said. Russell is also accused of operating a Facebook page called “Surviving Lies” that defended Kelly following the release of the
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