R. Kelly has been throwing a slurry of legal attempts at getting released early from prison. However, his latest attempt stems from an alleged incident that has us thinking… is someone out to get him from behind bars?
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The R&B singer’s attorneys filed a request Tuesday, June 17 regarding the aftermath of Kelly’s time being placed in solitary confinement “against his will.” The seclusion came after his attorneys filed an emergency motion alerting the court that three BOP officials allegedly plotted on hiring a hitman to kill him.
The updated motion claims last Friday, the prison staff fed him an “overdose quantity” of medication earlier this week, per USA TODAY. The singer has been prescribed medication for anxiety and sleep, the attorneys said. The court documents say he was sent to Duke University Hospital on June 13 after reporting feelings of being “faint” and “dizzy.”
“He started to see black spots in his vision. Mr. Kelly tried to get up, but fell to the ground. He crawled to the door of the cell and lost consciousness,” the attorneys wrote.
However, the documents also say he was “forcibly” removed from the hospital after two days of hospitalization, per USA TODAY.
The prosecutors, of course, aren’t buying the argument calling the attorneys’ claims “deeply unserious” and “repugnant,” per the report. They also said the judge does not have jurisdiction to order the singer’s release – possibly the reason why he previously sought a pardon from President Donald Trump.
“We are engaged in conversations with multiple persons close to the White House and to President Trump. My client does not have the luxury to wait for vindication from the Courts that will follow the exposure of the corruption at the heart of his prosecutions,” read a statement from his lawyers read in part.
Kelly is due in court Friday. He’s currently serving a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina for racketeering and sex crimes overlapping a 20-year sentence for child porn charges in Chicago.
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