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    R. Kelly's Former Manager Charged With Gun Threat To 'Surviving R. Kelly' Screening

    Federal prosecutors in New York say that Donnell Russell placed a phone call threatening gun violence in order to stop an advance screening of the Lifetime docuseries in December 2018.
    by Anastasia Tsioulcas Aug 14, 2020 1 minute
    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.

    On Friday, federal prosecutors charged former R. Kelly manager Donnell Russell with calling in a gun threat to a New York advance screening of the Lifetime television docuseries Surviving R. Kelly in December 2018.

    The six-part series to include a panel discussion featuring several of Kelly's accusers and #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, among others.

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