A man is accused of calling in to Tyler Perry’s studios, demanding to speak with the media mogul. After the receptionist denied his request, she discovered a prior message in which the man allegedly made threats to detonate Perry’s building, according to TMZ.
Atlanta Police Department arrested Coles Arrasheed after he allegedly called the studio’s main phone line on May 13. After the receptionist told him that Perry was unavailable, Coles allegedly became enraged, uttering incoherent words and causing the receptionist to hang up on him and block his number, according to Rolling Out.
Afterward, she listened to older messages and said she found that Arrasheed allegedly left a voicemail threatening to bomb the 330-acre studio. The receptionist immediately phoned the authorities and reported Arrasheed.
Police located Arrasheed and took him into custody at the Fulton County Jail on felony charges, but he was later released on a $5,000 bond, TMZ reports.
Arrasheed has accused the filmmaker of stealing an idea for a television series about Black Wall Street, according to HotNewHipHop.
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Perry, 52, purchased the land for his studio in 2015 for $30 million and has invested more than $250 million in restoring the property, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The studio is located just southwest of downtown Atlanta, and it was once the former Fort McPherson military base, which was once used as a training ground by confederate soldiers. The studio features 220 acres of green space, 40 buildings and 12 sound stages, according to Rolling Out.
