R. Kelly’s ex-manager will serve a one-year jail sentence for calling in a capturing risk that stopped the Manhattan screening of the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries in 2018.
Donnell Russell, 47, was sentenced on Monday to at least one yr in federal jail after he informed a Manhattan federal choose he made unhealthy judgment calls by working with Kelly on what Russell described as “intellectual property matters.”
“I’m not a horrible person,” Russell mentioned.
Russell is already set to serve a yr in jail for repeatedly attempting to suppress sexual abuse claims towards Kelly. Monday’s sentence won’t add time to that punishment, prosecutors mentioned.
Russell labored with the Grammy-winning singer as he confronted a number of allegations and a intercourse trafficking conviction.
According to prosecutors, Russell claimed over the cellphone that somebody on the occasion had a gun and supposed to fireside it, resulting in the screening’s cancellation and a theater evacuation. Defense attorneys argued that there have been a number of calls to the theater that night time and there wasn’t sufficient proof to show Russell broke the legislation.