page_title: Michael Alig
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Alig
caption_attribution_description: English: Daniel Genis and Michael Alig
context_page_description: Michael Alig is an American convicted killer who served almost 17 years in prison for manslaughter; a former club promoter, musician, and writer, Alig was a founder and ringleader of the Club Kids – a group of young New York City clubgoers that became a cultural phenomenon during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre "Angel" Melendez in a confrontation over a delinquent drug debt. In October 1997, Alig pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Both men were sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison; Riggs was released on parole in 2010, Alig on May 5, 2014.
context_section_description: Michael Alig (born April 29, 1966) is an American convicted killer who served almost 17 years in prison for manslaughter; a former club promoter, musician, and writer, Alig was a founder and ringleader of the Club Kids – a group of young New York City clubgoers that became a cultural phenomenon during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre "Angel" Melendez in a confrontation over a delinquent drug debt. In October 1997, Alig pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Both men were sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison; Riggs was released on parole in 2010, Alig on May 5, 2014.
caption: Alig in 2015
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