R. Kelly is claiming that he was unaware of a ruling on August 2023 where six women were awarded $10.5 million over an alleged threat that led to the screening of the docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” being canceled.
According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Kelly claims that if he knew about the lawsuit he would have fought against it. The singer also claims that he became overwhelmed by his legal matters, which led him to change his legal representation. The change in legal representation is why he may have missed the lawsuit, he asserts in the documents.
If he did receive the lawsuit, the documents continue, Kelly claims he “cannot read or understand words beyond that of a grade schooler” and relies on his lawyers to share with him what charges he’s facing.
Donnell Russell, Kelly’s former manager, was sentenced in December 2022 to a year in federal prison for calling in a shooting threat that stopped the screening of the documentary in 2018. Before the guilty verdicts against Kelly, Russell tried to protect the singer by threatening one accuser and then phoned in a shooting threat to the Manhattan premiere of the Lifetime documentary.
The phone call claimed that someone at the event had a gun and was going to fire, which led to the premiere being canceled and people evacuating the building.
Kelly argues in the court documents that Russell was never his manager and that he shouldn’t be punished for what Russell did because “he did that for his own reasons.”
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Nasty man Robert you know your wrong let the money go ain’t like your nasty self has the means to spend all your money tied up like some 89 flights
Look at Diddy he have ran out and he not in jail off over the internet and the people on up to and some of them were under albe so what the problem let R Kelly alone it’s some more just have got caught free.R Kelly
The legal system just should let this man out, what aboutthe Trump ? look what he did and he still out.
R Kelly was totally set up .. they used old cases. Lies and it was ALL. About money power and sex.. and parents pimping out their children and when they didn’t get what they wanted they cried rape and abuse.. which is very sad because some of the mothers were with him also so they already knew what was up. And knew he DIDN’T have to rape or abuse any ONE PERIOD!!! But when your pimping your child out to try to make a dollar this is what happens back stabbing all around over the dollar bill!! So sad!! Leave R alone let him make music so I can go to a real concert and hear some REAL R & B from the ONLY KING of R & B Roberto Rellsz R Kelly aka My Baby Daddy!!
I say let R.Kelly be free everybody else is going Scott free why should he be lock up. The parent was the one putting their daughter out for money when the money was gone they holler rape.
This Nasty Azz Fuker needs to burn right along side of Derick Chauvin!!!!