“We never got a warning, I was just assaulted,” she said.įootage posted to multiple accounts on Instagram from the afterparty show Kelly singing at the nightclub with many attendees holding up cellphones to record him. “He said I was ‘filming maliciously.’ The behavior I was ejected for was common. “The police officer said we got a tip that you’re filming a documentary,” Cabral said. And one was wearing a bulletproof vest and a hat, both of which had the words “police” written on them. Three did not have anything that identified them. She said two of the men who surrounded her outside were wearing shirts bearing the club’s name. Kelly with a cell phone she was using as a recording device - it was not activated or connected to the internet - she said she was suddenly grabbed from behind, had her cellphone taken out of her hand, was lifted off the ground, and taken outside. “I bought a drink, kind of walked around and there was a VIP area where was performing,” she said. Cabral said she was given a flyer for the afterparty and the event was announced onstage at the singer’s concert. 17, and continued at an afterparty at Da Beno Nite Club in East St. Kelly concert at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri, on Friday, Aug. Kelly, and/or his employees or affiliates are in no position to speak on behalf of the venue or its security policies,” Henry wrote.Ĭabral said the day’s filming started at an R. “Despite the confusing description of when this altercation actually took place, whether on Friday, August 17 or Saturday, August 18, Mr. Henry, wrote to BuzzFeed News’ attorney, which he said serves as his official response. Kelly, and/or his employees or affiliates, have no distinct recollection of the events described in your letter related to an alleged altercation that involved your contractor or his removal from Da Beno Nite Club,” R. Cabral is working on contract for BuzzFeed News along with Field of Vision, the documentary and film division of First Look Media. Kelly focused on allegations, first reported by BuzzFeed News, that he kept women against their will in an abusive and exploitative “cult” and allegations of sexual abuse. Louis Police Department, nightclub security, and members of Kelly’s security team.Ĭabral filed a police report about the incident, which said “security” had said she and a coworker “were removed for filming a documentary.” Police said the incident is now under investigation.Ĭabral is filming a documentary about R. “The next thing I know I’m facing outside.”Ĭabral said she looked up and saw “six men,” who she believed were members of the East St. All I know is I felt an arm around my neck and I was lifted up,” Lyric Cabral told BuzzFeed News of her abrupt ejection from the club. “I had the camera phone in my hand above my head. Louis early Saturday morning while she was reporting on the R&B artist. Kelly denied the claims in a July video announcement, telling fans that his After Party Tour would go on, regardless of the report, which he called "a bunch of crap" in the clip.A documentary filmmaker working for BuzzFeed News says she was grabbed by the neck and thrown out of singer R. Four other dates were canceled earlier this month in the wake of the recent ongoing allegations that the singer's harboring several young women at various residences and controlling their lives, like a cult. The scrapped date in Memphis is the fifth overall for Kelly's After Party tour. You can easily improve your search by specifying the number of letters in the answer. As always, he thanks all of his fans for their support." He's sorry his Memphis fans are disappointed and will do his best to make it up to them soon. "The decision to cancel the show was by the promoter, in breach of their agreement and out of Mr. Kelly would have loved nothing more than to finish the #southerntakeover portion of his After Party Tour in Memphis, TN tonight," reads a message on Kelly's Instagram. "After back-to-back sold out shows in Atlanta, GA and Pelham, AL, Mr. Monday, the controversial singer released a statement to explain why the decision was made. Kelly's After Party tour date in Memphis for this past Sunday was canceled. Over the weekend, fans were disappointed to discover that R.
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