R. Kelly’s lawyers are claiming the disgraced R&B singer overdosed last week on medication given to him by prison staff.
In a filing, obtained by USA Today , Kelly’s legal team claims that after he was placed in solitary confinement, prison staff provided him with an “overdose amount” of medication on June 12 compared to his “normal dosages of anxiety and sleep medication,” which resulted in his hospitalization on June 13.
The document states that Kelly was “forcibly removed from Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, against medical advice.”
Kelly was convicted in 2021 in Brooklyn Federal Court on multiple charges including racketeering and sex trafficking and has been serving a 30-year sentence since 2022 at the Federal Correctional Institute in Butner, NC.
His lawyers claim the alleged overdose occurred after he was placed in solitary confinement on June 10 “against his will,” shortly after his legal team filed an emergency motion seeking his immediate release from federal custody to home detention, while also claiming his life is in danger and accusing the government of misconduct, according to Variety .
Kelly woke up feeling “weak” and “dizzy” on June 13, according to the document.
“He began to see black spots in his vision. Mr. Kelly tried to get up but fell to the floor,” the motion said. “He crawled to the cell door and lost consciousness.”
Kelly’s attorneys say the jail’s on-site medical staff could not help him and that’s when he was transported to Duke University Hospital by ambulance, where he remained for two days.
His staff said they were only able to speak to him on Monday after an earlier call was cancelled “without explanation”.
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The document also alleged that Kelly was removed from the hospital before receiving surgery for “an ongoing blood clot issue” and the hospital would need to keep him there for two weeks for the surgery.
“Within an hour, officers with guns entered the hospital room and removed Kelly. He was removed from the hospital against his will and against the directives of his doctors,” according to Kelly’s attorneys.
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“É inegável. A vida do Sr. Kelly está em risco agora, porque o Bureau of Prisons negou a cirurgia necessária para limpar os coágulos de seus pulmões”, afirmou o advogado de Kelly, Beau B. Brindley. “Ele poderia morrer dessa condição, e eles estão deixando isso acontecer.”
Brindley está solicitando uma licença temporária para a detenção em casa, mas os promotores federais estão se referindo às reivindicações de movimento de emergência de Kelly como “fantasiosas” e “teatrais”.
Eles também observaram que a moção de Kelly foi arquivada no tribunal e no local errado, usando o tipo errado de caso e não seguindo o procedimento adequado.
Os promotores federais também disseram que a moção de emergência de Kelly “zomba dos danos sofridos pelas vítimas de Kelly” e o acusou de ser um “mestre manipulador”.
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Em um registro de 10 de junho, os advogados de Kelly alegaram ter provas explícitas de que as autoridades solicitaram um preso para matá -lo enquanto estava sob custódia na penitenciária federal da Carolina do Norte.
Seus advogados forneceram uma declaração juramentada de Mikeal Glenn Stine, um preso terminal e líder da Irmandade Ariana, que disse que as autoridades lhe ofereceram liberdade em troca do assassinato de Kelly.
A Irmandade Ariana é uma violenta gangue supremacista branca se formou nas prisões estaduais da Califórnia no final da década de 1960, que se espalhou no sistema prisional federal. As autoridades passaram décadas tentando derrubar a organização.
Stine afirmou que lhe disseram que Kelly e seus advogados estavam planejando expor informações prejudiciais e o documento alegou que os funcionários violaram o privilégio de advogados-cliente, interceptando a correspondência pessoal, de acordo com Variedade.
Stine disse que as autoridades disseram que ele seria acusado de assassinato de Kelly, mas que as evidências supostamente seriam mal, resultando em nenhuma condenação.
Ele afirmou que chegou à unidade de Kelly em março e estava preparado para matá -lo, mas mudou de coração e disse ao cantor de R&B o que os funcionários do Bureau of Prisons supostamente o levaram a fazer.
Os advogados de Kelly disseram que descobriram no início de junho que um segundo membro da Irmandade Ariana foi supostamente dirigido por autoridades a matar Kelly e Stine.
Seus advogados afirmam que Kelly está em perigo, pois ele permanece sob custódia com outros membros da Irmandade Ariana.
“The threat to Kelly’s life continues every day that no action is taken,” the filing read, according to Variety. “More AB members are piling up at his facility. More than one has already been approached about carrying out his assassination. One of them will surely do what Mr. Stine did not, thus burying the truth about what happened in this case along with Robert Kelly.”
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After filing the emergency motion, Kelly’s legal team requested clemency from US President Donald Trump last week in a bid to transfer the disgraced singer from federal prison to home confinement.
“We are in open discussions with people close to President Trump. And those discussions have expanded and intensified since we filed our motion,” Brindley told the people in a statement. “We believe President Trump is the only person with the courage to help us.”
– With files from the Associated Press
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