When does the event horizon form?

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As a massive star begins it's collapse into a singularity, at what stage does the event horizon form?
 

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When it reaches the Schwarzschild limit.
 
Is it possible to halt the implosion beyond the schwarzchild limit by spinning it fast enough?
 

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