I was at work listening to the radio on Saturday night when I heard this saddening news. The former fiancé of Real Housewife of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss, has been killed during a fight at an Atlanta strip club.
According to reports, A.J. Jewell, who appeared regularly on the show, received traumatic head injuries during the Friday night fight at The Body Tap Club in Northwest Atlanta. Well shortly after this tragic ordeal, an arrest has been made. The Police have arrested Frederick Richardson and has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after Friday night's fight at The Body Tap, the popular strip club in Northwest Atlanta that was co-owned by Jewell. Richardson was an employee at the club, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. A motive has not been established. Atlanta-based celebrity blogger Sandra Rose reports Jewell was in negotiations to buy the club when he was killed.
Burruss has been flooded with support on her social networking pages at Twitter and MySpace. The award-winning singer and songwriter thanked fans and asked for prayers for Jewell’s six children. Kandi adds that her eyes are "swollen" after crying and needs some rest before her uncle’s funeral on Saturday.
For those who don't know, Burrus is an award-winning singer-songwriter and was a member of the popular and now-disbanded R&B group Xscape. Kandi is also very popular in Atlanta's black gay community and recently posed for photographer Adam Bouska's striking "No H8" campaign. I know the last time we heard from Kandi, she was on Wendy Williams talking about raising A.J.'s kids even though they had broken up. I wonder if she will continue to do so now that her former fiancee is no longer amongst the living? My heart and prayers go out to Kandi, and I'm sure we will get more on this story when Andy Cohen tapes the Real Housewives of ATL: Reunion special later this week.
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