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R. Kelly claims he was oblivious to an August 2023 ruling in which six women were awarded $10.5 million over alleged threats that led to a cancelled screening of the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly.<\/strong><\/p>\nAccording to court documents obtained by TMZ, Kelly argues he would have fought the lawsuit if he was aware of its existence.<\/p>\n
The singer claims he had become inundated with legal matters and made changes to his legal representation that this particular suit must have gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n
In the event that he did receive the lawsuit, Kelly claims he \u201ccannot read or understand words beyond that of a grade schooler\u201d and relies upon his lawyers to explain what he would be facing.<\/p>\n
R. Kelly and Donnell Russell, his manager at the time, were accused of making repeated threats in order to silence the six women who appeared in the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries. Kelly and Russell also threatened to take legal action against the women and producers of the docuseries.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleges a December 2018 screening in New York City was shut down after someone on Kelly\u2019s team threatened to \u201cshoot up\u201d the venue.<\/p>\n
Kelly argues in these latest court documents that Russell never served as his manager and believes the blame should fall squarely on Russell\u2019s shoulders, if he made the threat that led to the halted screening, because \u201che did that for his own reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell received a one-year sentence stemming from the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
R. Kelly was sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. He will then spend another 20 years behind bars for a child sex crimes charge.<\/p>\n
Source: complex.com<\/p>\n
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