{"id":2414730,"date":"2026-05-13T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2414730"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:52:10","slug":"music-thief-pleads-guilty-in-beyonce-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/music-thief-pleads-guilty-in-beyonce-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Thief Pleads Guilty in Beyonc\u00e9 Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The man accused of stealing unreleased Beyonc\u00e9<\/a><\/strong> music ahead of her\u00a0Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta has now pleaded guilty in the case. Kelvin Evans accepted a plea deal on Tuesday (May 12) just before the matter was expected to head to trial in Georgia.<\/p>\n

The case first made headlines last year after members of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s team reported that unreleased songs and sensitive tour material had disappeared from a vehicle parked in Atlanta just days before the singer\u2019s scheduled performances.<\/p>\n

As per court proceedings, Evans pleaded guilty to entering an automobile in connection to the July 2025 incident. Prosecutors reportedly told the court he had previously rejected earlier plea offers before agreeing to the latest deal shortly before jury selection was scheduled to begin.<\/p>\n

Under the agreement, Evans received a five-year sentence that includes two years in prison followed by three years on probation. TMZ<\/a> reported that he was sentenced as a recidivist, meaning he will not qualify for parole.<\/p>\n

During Tuesday\u2019s court proceedings, prosecutors reportedly played surveillance footage tied to the alleged break-in at the Krog Street parking garage in Atlanta. Authorities claimed the stolen items included flash drives containing unreleased and watermarked Beyonc\u00e9<\/a><\/strong> music, laptops, tour set lists, production plans, designer sunglasses, and other personal belongings connected to the tour.<\/p>\n

According to 11Alive,<\/a> investigators later tracked some of the missing devices using location pings. Surveillance footage and license plate data eventually helped authorities connect a vehicle tied to Evans to the scene.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors alleged Evans borrowed a car from his niece before driving to the parking garage where Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s team had parked a rented Jeep Wagoneer. Authorities claimed he noticed luggage inside the SUV before taking two suitcases and leaving the area.<\/p>\n

His defense attorney reportedly told the court Evans was trying to move forward with his life and hoped to eventually \u201cmake money legitimately\u201d after resolving the case.<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9 has not publicly commented on the plea deal or sentencing.<\/p>\n

TELL US \u2014 DO YOU THINK CELEBRITIES SHOULD HAVE STRONGER SECURITY PROTECTION FOR UNRELEASED MUSIC AND TOUR MATERIAL?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mandatory.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The man accused of stealing unreleased Beyonc\u00e9 music ahead of her\u00a0Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta has now pleaded guilty in the case. Kelvin Evans accepted a plea deal on Tuesday (May 12) just before the matter was expected to head to trial in Georgia. The case first made headlines last year after members of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2414731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[22334,451903],"class_list":["post-2414730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-beyonce","tag-culture-and-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Music-Thief-Pleads-Guilty-in-Beyonce-Case.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414732,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414730\/revisions\/2414732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}