R Kelly has a weird and potentially dangerous fanbase.
Thankfully, no one was hurt.
A New York screening of the Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” was evacuated after “several anonymous threats were called in,” the network said.
Theater management at NeueHouse Madison Square evacuated the building after receiving a threatening phone call, an NYPD spokesperson told CNN.
An unknown caller said that if the film continued to play, someone inside the theater would start shooting, the spokesperson said.
Lifetime describes the forthcoming series as an investigation into the controversial singer in which women come forward “with new allegations of sexual, mental and physical abuse.”
Kelly has long been the subject of allegations of sexual abuse and the mistreatment of women and girls. He has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crimes connected with women’s the allegations.
Those involved in the film and others in attendance called the threat an attempt to intimidate and silence Kelly’s accusers.
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