R Kelly’s lawyers blame prison staff for singer’s overdose

Disgraced RnB musician Robert Sylvester Kelly’s lawyers have pinned the blame for his overdose on the prison authorities where he is incarcerated.

Curtesy of TMZ on X , the jailed singer, songwriter, and record producer, who is affectionately known by the stage alias R Kelly, was rushed to the Duke University Hospital a few days after enduring a near fatal overdose while subjected to solitary confinement in prison allegedly against his will last week.

Reports claim that the star’s lawyers say the prison staff, who work where he was confined, may be to blame for the overdose. They claim he was given a dose that’s more than his usual medication.

In court papers, the attorney say the “Ignition” hitmaker was administered anxiety medication after being isolated on the 10th of June, and was directed to take more on the same day.

Lawyer, Beau B. Brindley, claims Kelly told him he was feeling “faint” and “dizzy” before he began seeing black spots in his vision, and then passed out, and was brought to the hospital from the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina, reports the Australian daily digital newspaper, The Nightly.

The artist believes that prison staff isolated him in retaliation for his accusations that the officials were involved in a plot to end his life. This disclosure comes almost a week after the “The I Believe I Can Fly” hitmaker petitioned that he should be released from prison, saying that he is the target of a gang murder plot.

According to reports, federal prosecutors rejected the claims as “deeply unserious.”

His lawyer submitted a request to US President, Donald Trump, to grant Kelly an extemporary release from prison, stating the singer’s life is in danger.

“These are people who seek to kill Mr. Kelly rather than allow the corrupt criminal conduct of those who manufactured his convictions be exposed,” says Brindley.

“We are in open discussions with people close to President Trump. Those discussions have expanded and intensified since we filed our motion,” Brindley told People magazine.

“We believe that President Trump is the only person with the courage to help us,” adds Brindley

R Kelly claims that he was told by a fellow convict that he had been ordered to kill him by three high-ranking prison officials.

The claims referred to a sworn affidavit from convict Mikeal Glenn Stine, who said that prison personnel and white supremacist groups conspired to murder Kelly to cover up misbehaviour during his prosecution.

Fearing poisoning, the 58-year-old has allegedly also refused to eat and is pushing to finish the reminder of his sentence under house arrest.

“Imagine a scenario where any and every incarcerated criminal could go back to the criminal court(s) that imposed a sentence of imprisonment on them, allege that they fear imminent harm, and demand to be released from custody while the matter was being investigated,” says Assistant US attorney, Jason Jullien, in the motion.

“Every convicted murderer, rapist, and terrorist will have a new found shot at freedom. This is an impractical, unworkable, and unlawful scenario,” adds Jullien.

R Kelly is serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering that’s running concurrently with a 20-year jail term for child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex. Written by Odirile Rabolao