His legal group claimed in a new court filing that disgraced R&, B artist, R. Kelly, and other musicians were taken to a doctor last week after overdosing on drugs that were supposedly given to him by prison team.
The singer, who is currently serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking, claims he overdosed after taking a medicine while being held in isolation.
The 58-year-old was placed in single confinement, according to a , June 17 , a court filing reviewed by USA Today on June 10th, after his attorneys filed an emergency action to have him placed on house arrest, alleging that three Bureau of Prisons , Bureau of Prisons, authorities were reportedly planning to have him killed.
Later that evening, prison staff told him to get additional medication in addition to the anti-anxiety medications he often takes, according to the filing. He awoke three days later experience “faint” and “dizzy.”
” He began to notice dark spots in his perspective. Mr. Kelly attempted to climb upward, but he fell to the ground,” the attorneys wrote. He” cryed to the entrance of the body and went into unconsciousness.”
The three-time Grammy Award winner, Robert Sylvester Kelly, true name Robert Sylvester Kelly, was taken to Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, where he was eventually violently discharged against health advice because he was scheduled to have surgery to treat an continuing blood clot issue, according to the filing.
According to the problem, “officers with guns entered his medical room” and reportedly forced him to spend two weeks in solitary confinement.
His attorneys claimed that their client was unable to speak with her until late on Monday because a set call was canceled “without cause.”
After being found guilty in New York  of orchestrating the , sexual victimization of adolescent women fans , over centuries, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison  in 2022. His request to reject the conviction was turned down earlier this year by a federal appeals court in New York.
Additionally, he was found guilty of child pornography and convicted of it on claims in his hometown of Chicago, where he was sentenced to a 20-year sentence, the majority of which will be served concurrently.
Kelly’s defense team last month claimed they were “in opened discussions with people close to President Trump” regarding a , possible presidential pardon.
We think that simply President Trump has the guts to lend a hand to us, according to Beau Brindley, an attorney, who spoke to People.
Kelly, who maintains his innocence, is currently serving his sentence in Butner, North Carolina, a a medium-security captivity. He will be eligible for transfer in 2045, at the age of 78.
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