Overview
- A man approached Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez outside the company’s West 26th Street headquarters and reportedly said, “You are going to die,” in a night-time confrontation on Monday.
- Police and media reports say the incident capped a months-long pattern of harassment that began in May and included repeated in-person encounters near the Chelsea office.
- The harassment is also said to have played out online through social-media posts and lyric-style messages that targeted Perez and the Roc Nation organization.
- Investigators have tentatively identified the suspect as an unhoused man known in Manhattan and the Bronx, but no arrest has been made and the inquiry remains active.
- Perez is a high-profile executive who helped build Roc Nation’s NFL partnerships, and the episode has raised immediate questions about executive safety, building security and next steps for law enforcement.