Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen in break-in. Man pleads guilty, but music still missing

A antheral accused of nabbing unreleased euphony by Beyoncé successful a conveyance break-in past summertime has pleaded blameworthy to the theft and has been sentenced to service clip successful prison.

Kelvin Evans, 41, connected Tuesday entered blameworthy pleas successful Fulton County Superior Court successful Georgia to counts of entering an automobile and transgression trespass. Fulton County Superior Court Senior Judge Jane C. Barwick sentenced Evans, who was acceptable to spell connected proceedings this week, to 2 years successful situation and 3 years connected probation. Evans was besides warned to support his region from the victims and the country of the theft.

Evans was sentenced little than a twelvemonth aft stealing the popular diva’s unreleased euphony from her choreographer’s van successful Atlanta. According to police, Evans broke into the Jeep Wagoneer rented by choreographer Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue erstwhile they stopped astatine a edifice to eat. The artists were successful municipality for the “Diva” singer’s four-night takeover of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium for her Cowboy Carter tour.

Evans damaged the trunk model and stole a brace of suitcases that contained 2 computers and 5 leap drives of unreleased euphony arsenic good arsenic footage, plans for the circuit accumulation and past and aboriginal acceptable lists, the constabulary study said. He besides stole clothing, Apple AirPods Max headphones and decorator sunglasses, constabulary said.

Police arrested Evans successful August. He was indicted successful October and initially pleaded not blameworthy successful January and adjacent rejected the plea woody during a proceeding past month.

Despite his arrest, constabulary person not recovered the stolen items.

The chances of Beyonce releasing caller euphony was already beauteous slim heading into Evan’s scheduled trial. Speculation swirled online that the Grammy victor would driblet the 3rd enactment of her planned euphony trilogy timed to the summer. The singer’s rep Yvette Noel-Schure enactment a hard halt connected those rumors successful precocious April.

“This is unequivocally false!!” Noel-Schure posted connected X.

Times adjunct exertion Christie D’Zurilla and the Associated Press contributed to this report.