R. Kelly was rushed to the hospital after allegedly overdosing on medication in prison — and his attorney believes the incident was intentional.
The incarcerated singer was taken to Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., on June 13 after he allegedly had been “administered an overdose quantity of his medications that threatened his life,” according to court documents obtained by Page Six.
The court docs state that the “Ignition” singer — who is currently serving a 30-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute facility in Butner, N.C. — went into solitary confinement “against his will” and “with his medications in his possession” on June 10.
“He takes medication for anxiety and to help him sleep, in addition to other medications,” the docs, filed by Kelly’s attorney, Beau B. Brindley, on Monday claim. “While in solitary confinement, prison staff approached him, and he showed them the medications in his possession. This will appear on camera footage from the institution.”
Kelly’s attorney claims jail personnel later came to the R&B crooner and “provided him with additional medication and instructions to take it” and that the act was also caught on camera.
Brindley claims in the filing that on June 12, “Mr. Kelly took the medication as directed.”
However, the following day, Kelly, 58, “felt faint,” “dizzy” and “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. He was placed on a gurney,” the docs read.
Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was initially going to get medical assistance at an on-site facility; however, the court docs claim the “staff there could not assist him.”
While being transferred to Duke University Hospital in an ambulance, the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer allegedly heard one of the prison officers state: “This is going to open a whole new can of worms.”
“At the hospital, Mr. Kelly learned that he had been administered an overdose quantity of his medications that threatened his life,” the docs claim, adding that Kelly was treated in the hospital for two days.
The three-time Grammy winner’s lawyer alleges the Bureau of Prisons officials put Kelly’s “life in jeopardy” by administering “an amount of medication that significantly exceeded a safe dose and caused Mr. Kelly to overdose.”
“They gave him an amount of medicine that could have killed him,” Brindley claims in the filing.
Kelly’s legal team also claims in the filing that the prison staff allegedly took the “I Wish” singer off blood-thinner medication and will not allow him to receive surgery to clear the deadly blood clots in his legs and lungs.
The lawyer alleges in the court docs that the latest incident occurred days after Kelly filed a motion, exposing the Bureau of Prisons’ “plot to kill him” by colluding with an inmate to have the musician killed behind bars.
Brindley is asking for Kelly to be temporarily released to home confinement to save his life.
Page Six has reached out to Kelly’s attorneys for comment but did not immediately hear back.
A rep for FCC Butner told Page Six in a statement: “For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual, including medical and health-related issues.”
In response to Kelly’s latest filing, prosecutors responded that the disgraced singer continuously paints himself as the victim.
“This is the behavior of an abuser and a master manipulator on display an abuser and a master manipulator on display,” they said, per TMZ.
In September 2021, Kelly was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades.
He was convicted on all nine counts against him, including racketeering and violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits the transport of “any woman or girl” across state lines for any “immoral purpose.”
The following June, the “Trapped In the Closet” crooner was sentenced to 30 years behind bars for the crimes.
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