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R. Kelly, who is serving a 30-year prison sentence for convictions on charges including sex trafficking, has been hospitalized after an alleged drug overdose June 13.
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R. Kelly is receiving medical attention.
The “Ignition” singer—who is currently serving a 30-year sentence in a federal North Carolina prison for convictions associated with allegations of racketeering, bribery, coercion, enticement and sex trafficking—was hospitalized last week, his legal team alleged in a June 17 filing obtained by USA Today, after overdosing on medication given to him by prison staff.
In the days leading up to Kelly’s overdose, his lawyers alleged, per the filing, that he was placed in solitary confinement “against his will” on June 10. Three days later, the filing alleged that the singer woke up feeling “faint” and “dizzy.”
"He started to see black spots in his vision,” the motion stated, per USA Today. “Mr. Kelly tried to get up, but fell to the ground. He crawled to the door of the cell and lost consciousness."
Following his loss of consciousness, the filing alleged that he was transported to Duke University Hospital by ambulance and was subsequently hospitalized for two days.
“For privacy, safety and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual,” North Carolina’s Federal Correctional Institute wrote in a statement to E! News June 17, “including medical and health-related issues.”
E! News has reached out to Kelly’s attorney for comment but has not heard back.
The 58-year-old’s hospitalization comes one week after his attorney Beau B. Brindley requested he be released to home detention due to an alleged murder plot against him.
“His life depends on the oversight of literal ‘guards’ and jailers who are entrusted with his safety,” Brindley wrote in recent court documents obtained by NBC News. “Yet, explicit evidence has now emerged to show that the very officials charged with protecting incarcerated inmates have solicited Mr. Kelly’s murder.”
According to the legal team representing Kelly—who has denied all charges against him—this murder plot is a result of alleged crimes committed by Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials.
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“When that information began to be exposed by Mr. Kelly’s attorneys, officials in the Bureau of Prisons solicited another inmate to kill him,” the filing stated. “At least two avowed white supremacists and members of the Aryan Brotherhood have been approached by BOP officers and directed to take Mr. Kelly’s life.”
The attorney also alleged that another prison authority issued a warning to the musician.
“The official then advised Mr. Kelly that he was in danger and that Mr. Kelly needed to be careful,” the filing continued. “The BOP official intimated that Mr. Kelly was not safe in Bureau of Prisons custody.”
In addition to the general warning, Brindley also alleged that the prison official told Kelly that he “should avoid the mess hall” due to the “possibility of poison being mixed into the food at the chow hall and in the commissary as a means of achieving these executions.”
Prosecutors have since filed a response to Kelly’s request, per TMZ, alleging that it was “the behavior of an abuser and a master manipulator on display.”
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