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Feds charge R. Kelly's manager for allegedly threatening a New York City theater showing Surviving R. Kelly
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Donnell Russell, 45, has been taken into federal custody for allegedly calling the NeueHouse theater on Dec. 4, 2018, and saying there was someone in the crowd who was going to “shoot up” the place at the screening of Surviving R. Kelly that night, according to a federal criminal complaint. Prosecutors allege that after the call, Russell, Kelly and a second employee of the singer worked together to draft a statement about the call that painted him as the victim. Russell was charged with conspiracy and with threatening physical harm by interstate communication.
TOPICS: Surviving R. Kelly, Lifetime, Donnell Russell, R. Kelly, Crime, Documentaries
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