James Mason is accused of threatening the father of Joycelyn Savage, one of the women featured in the Lifetime docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly."
A warrant was issued for Mason after he allegedly left a voicemail for Timothy Savage in May 2018 saying, "I'm gonna do harm to you and your family, when I see you I'm gonna get you, I'm going to f***ing kill you."
Mason turned himself into authorities after the warrant was issued and was released on a $10,000 bond in January, a spokesperson for the Henry County Sheriff's office said at the time.
After his surrender in January, Mason issued the following statement:
"My team and I will present facts soon that will discredit any and all accusations that suggest that I have engaged in any acts of bullying, harassment, or aggressive acts against my accusers," Mason said in a statement obtained by CNN.
"To the contrary, We will show that I have been extremely instrumental in attempts to assist my accusers in their quest to reestablish a relationship with their adult daughter. I have confidence in my legal team that I will be exonerated of all pending charges."
The Savage family claims Joycelyn has a sexual relationship with R. Kelly and has manipulated her into not speaking to them for two years.
She responded to this claim in a video released in 2017, in which she denied she was part of a "cult" of women being "controlled" by Kelly and that she had been "brainwashed" by the Grammy-award winning singer.
"I just want everybody to know -- my parents and everybody in the world -- that I'm totally fine. I'm happy where I'm at and everything is OK with me," she said in the video.
CNN has reached out to Mason for a reaction to the indictment but has not yet heard back.
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