3 friends of R. Kelly charged with bribing and threatening witnesses
August 14, 2020
Three friends and employees of the well-known R&B singer R. Kelly were arrested and had criminal complaints unsealed in the Eastern District federal courthouse on Tuesday, charging them with efforts to harass, intimidate, threaten and corruptly influence the victims in the singer’s racketeering case. Defendants Richard Arline, Jr., a 31-year-old from Dolton, Illinois; Donnell Russell, a 45-year-old from Chicago; and