A preview screening and discussion of the upcoming Lifetime documentary series Surviving R. Kelly — in which accusers “and people from R. Kelly’s inner circle,” according to a description of the project, make new allegations against the singer — was evacuated on Tuesday evening, after multiple anonymous threats were called in to NeueHouse, the Manhattan venue hosting the event.
“We were only about 20 minutes into the screening when it happened,” Jamilah Lemieux, who was in attendance, writes in an email to NPR. “Things were going very smoothly … and then we were abruptly told that we needed to go.”
“Threats were made,” an NYPD spokesperson tells NPR in an email, that were “investigated and determined to be unfounded.” A statement from Lifetime says “several anonymous threats were called in” and that the building was evacuated “as a precaution.”
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