Beyonce and Jay-Z Received Death Threats

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A man accused of sending death threats to hip-hop couple Jay-Z and Beyonce has been ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation by a judge. Leon Desmond Barrett is alleged to have penned more than a dozen letters between December 2006 and April 2009 that he sent to the celebrity duo, and to other stars.

A letter on 18 August 2007 read: "I'm getting ready to start killing some more people. Beyonce, Jay-Z, Jerome Bettis and Tune-up Man are the first four people I'm getting ready to kill." According to police, some of the handwritten notes referred to a reported dispute between Barrett and Bettis' family, with one stating: "We do not want to have a gunfight with them but if we have to, we will. I guess it (sic) going to be another Virginia Tech. massacre all over again in Detroit." Barrett, 37, from Detroit, Michigan was also ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen not to possess guns or other dangerous weapons and not to communicate with potential victims in the case when he appeared in court in Detroit on Wednesday. Barrett was charged on Tuesday, following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. He is accused of sending the series of threatening letters to the NFL Hall of Fame and to other addresses around the US.

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