A former manager of R. Kelly has been charged with calling in a gun threat that forced an evacuation and cancellation of the screening of “Surviving R. Kelly” in December 2018.
Journalist Gretchen Carlson addresses the crowd before the planned screening of 'Surviving R. Kelly' in New York on Dec. 4, 2018. The room was evacuated after a gun threat was called in.Journalist Gretchen Carlson addresses the crowd before the planned screening of 'Surviving R. Kelly' in New York on Dec. 4, 2018. The room was evacuated after a gun threat was called in.former R.
to include a panel discussion featuring several of Kelly's accusers and #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, among others.Russell, who was Kelly's manager at the time of the incident, is being charged with two counts of threatening physical harm by interstate communication and conspiracy to do the same. Friday's charges were filed by prosecutors for the Southern District of New York and the New York office of the FBI.
According to the prosecutors, Russell was in Chicago at the time of the screening. They say that on the day of the event, he worked with another individual, called"CC-1" in the court filing, to draft messages to a Lifetime executive that discouraged the network from airing the series.
The gun threat to the 'Surviving R. Kelly' series was mentioned in Wednesday's charges from EDNY, but it was SDNY and the FBI who have levied charges related to that incident in particular. On Thursday afternoon, EDNY magistrate judge Peggy Kuo approved a $75,000 bail package for Russell. He made his first appearance in front of an SDNY judge on Friday.
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