C fiance killed; A.J. Jewell

The former fiance of one of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” was killed in a fight outside his strip club in Georgia, authorities said Saturday.
Kandi Burruss, the newest member of the hit Bravo reality show, posted on her Twitter page about the death and asked for prayers for Ashley (A.J.) Jewell’s six children.
“I could never in a million years imagine this happening,” posted Burruss, a former member of the R&B group Xscape.
“im just in one of those moods where i dont wanna talk,” she posted early this morning.

“i dont wanna b held & told its gonna b ok. i just wanna cry myself 2 sleep, alone,” she wrote.
Jewell, who made several appearances with Burruss on the show, suffered massive head injuries during a fight late Friday outside the Body Tap Club in Atlanta, according to police.
Police arrested Fredrick Richardson hours later and charged him with voluntary manslaughter, officials said. Witnesses told Atlanta police Jewell fought with Richardson outside the skin palace.
Richardson also was injured in the fight but will be charged once he is released from Grady Memorial Hospital. A spokesman for the Atlanta cops said it was not clear what prompted the brawl.
“I adored A.J. [and] he will definitely be missed,” Housewives castmate Kim Zolciak told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
“I’ll be there for my dear friend Kandi,” said Zolciak, who called the killing “disgusting.” “I can’t imagine the loss they’re feeling.”
Jewell was co-owner of the Body Tap, which opened in March 2008 and claims on its MySpace page that it offers $5 lap dances and draws “the sexiest ladies from all over.”
Burruss, 33, joined the reality series this year, which debuted in July to the highest ratings of any series in the Real Houseswives franchise.
Her impending nuptials to Jewell became one of the show’s central plot points, and Burruss frequently fought with her mother who expressed concern over the number of women with whom her fiance had children.
In August, Burruss gave several interviews - including to Essence.com - in which she revealed that she called off the wedding and put the relationship “on hiatus,” though the couple vowed to remain friends.
“im bout 2 giv my swollen eyes sum rest now,” Burruss posted on her Twitter page early today, as she expressed gratitude for well-wishers. “i just wanted to say thanks 2 every1 for their prayers.”
Jewell moved out of Burruss’ tony Atlanta home last month, according to reports.
Burruss was still in high school when she helped found Xscape, a R&B group that recorded three platinum albums. After the group broke up in 1998, she co-wrote songs for stars like Mariah Carey and Destiny’s Child and won a Grammy for her work on TLC’s mega hit “No Scrubs.”
Her fledging solo career rebounded after she became a cast member on the show and she is scheduled to release a new album later this year.