Imprisoned R&B singer R. Kelly is pushing back against a $10.5 million judgment awarded to six women who accused him and his former manager, Donnell Russell, of attempting to disrupt a December 2018 NYC screening of the 'Surviving R. Kelly' docuseries with a mass shooting threat.
In August, the women were granted the judgment, but R. Kelly is now asserting that he would have defended himself if he had known about the lawsuit. From his prison cell in North Carolina, he cited the overwhelming nature of his multiple criminal cases and claimed to have difficulty keeping up with the numerous lawsuits filed against him.
R. Kelly mentioned his frequent changes in legal representation since being incarcerated, suggesting that the lawsuit may have gone unnoticed or not been delivered to him in prison. He emphasized his reliance on legal teams to interpret legal documents for him, asserting that he struggles to comprehend complex language beyond a grade-school level.
The singer denied any knowledge of Donnell Russell's actions, claiming that Russell was never his manager. R. Kelly distanced himself from the allegations, stating that he did not instruct Russell to disrupt the 'Surviving' screening and, if a mass shooting threat was made, Russell acted independently for his own reasons.
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