Devout R. Kelly fan charged with threatening prosecutors ahead of R&B star's New York sentencing

• A man was arrested and accused of threatening prosecutors ahead of R. Kelly's sentencing Wednesday.
• Kelly, convicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday.

A devout supporter of R. Kelly has been arrested and charged with making threats against federal prosecutors ahead of the convicted sex trafficker's sentencing on Wednesday.

Homeland Security Special Agent Ryan Chabot said in an application for an arrest warrant that Christopher Gunn, who was arrested Saturday in Chicago, posted a video to social media showing fans a photo of the US Attorney's office in Brooklyn, which shares a building with the federal court where Kelly will be sentenced Wednesday.

"That is the United States federal prosecution office," Gunn said of Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New York, according to Chabot. "We're going to storm they office ... If you ain't got the stomach for the shit we bout to do, I'm asking that you just bail out."

The video was posted in October and included a shooting scene from the movie "Boys N the Hood," Chabot wrote.

Chabot wrote that in another video on Gunn's social media account, Gunn referred to the judge who is overseeing Kelly's case — Ann Donnelly — by name.

Kelly, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering charges in September. The jury convicted Kelly of running a criminal enterprise that recruited young men, women, and girls for Kelly to abuse and have illegal sex with.

The trial lasted more than a month, and fans gathered outside the courthouse daily.

Gunn, a known Kelly fan, attended Kelly's trial in Brooklyn, according to Chabot. Chabot said Gunn's name was on a sign-in sheet for the overflow courtroom inside the federal courthouse where members of the public and journalists — including two from Insider— were allowed to watch the trial.

Chabot said that on June 24, Gunn posted to social media that he had found a place for himself and other R. Kelly fans — who he referred to as "The Enterprise" — to gather at the sentencing.

"We're gonna get real familiar with this building, and this building is gonna get real familiar with the
enterprise, also known as Kellz Steppers," Gunn said in the video, referring to Cadman Plaza, Chabot said. "We know who is going to stick to everything that I told you, which is that if Kellz goes down, everybody's going down."

The Department of Homeland Security believes that other R. Kelly supporters were buying ammunition from Gunn, according to the affidavit.

Chabot cited records from CashApp that show that Gunn received eight money transfers between February 26, 2021, and June 1, 2022.

On February 6, 2021, a $20 transfer was labeled "30 rounds on the haters," according to Chabot

Another on August 22, 2021, read, "30 rounds... free R. kelly," Chabot wrote.

Gunn's arrest came three days before lawyers, court employees, and journalists are scheduled to gather at the federal courthouse for Kelly's sentencing. The disgraced artist faces up to life in prison.