Imprisoned singer R. Kelly reportedly overdosed on medication prescribed to him while in solitary confinement and had to be rushed to the hospital to save his life.
R. Kelly was moved to solitary confinement
According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, R. Kelly was moved to solitary confinement two days after his attorneys revealed an alleged plot by the Aryan Brotherhood to murder him. It was while the disgraced crooner had been moved that the reported overdose took place.
The attorney, Beau B. Brindley, asserts that corrections officers inside the North Carolina prison administered too much medication to the 12 Play songwriter.
R. Kelly overdosed on medication given to him
The attorney said that by the next morning, R. Kelly, 58, had collapsed in his cell after experiencing symptoms such as dizziness, vision loss, and fainting. Officers rushed Kelly to Duke University Hospital. There, the physicians assessing the singer said the dosage Kelly received could have been fatal.
“That means that, within two days of the filing of his motion, Bureau of Prisons officials administered an amount of medication that significantly exceeded a safe dose and caused Mr. Kelly to overdose, putting his life in jeopardy,” said R. Kelly’s attorney in the documents. “They gave him an amount of medicine that could have killed him.”
R. Kelly is suffering from blot clots in his legs
Brindley went on to explain to the court in the briefing that R. Kelly refuses to eat the prison food due to fears of overdosing again. Furthermore, doctors discovered blood clots in his lungs and legs. Despite this, however, prison staff would not let him get the treatment he allegedly required. He accuses the corrections officers of allegedly forcing him back to prison.
“Within an hour, officers with guns came into his hospital room and removed Mr. Kelly,” Brindley added. “He was taken from the hospital against his will and against the directives of the doctors. He was denied the surgery he needs to clear blood clots in his lungs that threaten his life. This happened. This will be confirmed by hospital records. It is undeniable.”
R. Kelly’s attorney said client’s jail cell is deplorable
Furthermore, the attorney also said R. Kelly was moved into solitary confinement, which is deplorable, as spiders and insects were allegedly crawling over him while he was sleeping.
The legal filing was part of the third emergency motion to have R. Kelly moved to home to serve out his sentence due to his fears for his life.
R. Kelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence after his convictions on the state and federal levels for sex trafficking and racketeering for abusing a score of women and underage girls. In the legal brief to the court, R. Kelly is hoping to get an emergency furlough because of the alleged plot to kill him in prison.
The “Bump & Grind” singer also appealed to President Donald Trump to receive clemency from prison life. The president has yet to respond publicly to his plea.
