R. Kelly hospitalized after alleged overdose in prison
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ATTORNEYS FOR SINGER R KELLY
ARE ASKING FOR HIS RELEASE FROM
THE NORTH CAROLINA PRISON WHERE
HE'S SERVING A 30 YEAR
SENTENCE. HE WAS CONVICTED IN
2021 FOR RACKETEERING AND
TRAFFICKING AND NOW COURT
DOCUMENTS REVEAL KELLY WAS
HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK AFTER
SURVIVING WHAT HIS ATTORNEY
IS CALLING AND ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU
OF PRISONS. A LOT TO UNPACK
HERE WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK JOINING
US LIVE AT THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE IN RALEIGH HEIDI.
OF COURSE, THAT'S A HUGE CLAIM.
YOU REACHED OUT TO KELLY'S
ATTORNEY WHAT THEY SAY.
>> WELL, WE KNOW WE HAVEN'T YET
HEARD BACK FROM KELLY'S
ATTORNEY, BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE
DUG THROUGH ABOUT 30 PAGES OF
COURT DOCUMENTS AND AT THE
HEART OF THOSE COURT DOCUMENTS
WE FOUND CLAIMS THAT PEOPLE
WITH INSIDE THE PRISON HAD A
PLOT TO KILL HIM.
>> 3 MOTIONS FILED IN A SPAN
OF JUST 6 DAYS. EACH ONE GIVING
A LAB OR A DETAILS OF AN
ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL SINGER
R KELLY. THE COURT DOCUMENTS
SAY THE PLOT IS ORCHESTRATED
WITHIN THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
PRISONS. THE FIRST MOTION FILED
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH ASKED THE
COURTS TO ALLOW R KELLY TO
SERVE HOME DETENTION BECAUSE
THEY SAY HE'S NOT SAFE IN
FEDERAL CUSTODY. A SECOND
FILING A DAY LATER SAYING KELLY
WAS PLACED IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT, A MOVE THEY CALL
RETALIATION FROM THEIR FIRST
FILING. THEY SAY, QUOTE, WE
HAVE EVIDENCE THAT HER CLIENT'S
LIFE IS BEING THREATENED BY THE
VERY JAILERS ON WHICH HE'S
REQUIRED TO RELY ON FOR
PROTECTION. AND FINALLY, THIS A
3RD DOCUMENT FILED MONDAY.
IT SAYS KELLY WAS GIVEN QUOTE
AND AMOUNT OF MEDICINE THAT
COULD HAVE KILLED HIM LEADING
TO AN OVERDOSE. THEN THEY SAY
AFTER BEING TAKEN TO DUKE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WAS TAKEN
BACK TO PRISON DESPITE BEING
TOLD HE NEEDED AN ADDITIONAL
SURGERY TO REMOVE BLOOD CLOTS
FROM HIS LEGS AND LOVES.
>> WE REACHED OUT TO DUKE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TO CONFIRM
THOSE CLAIMS A SPOKESPERSON
DIRECTED US TO THE FEDERAL
BUREAU OF PRISONS WHEN WE
REACHED OUT TO THEM, A
SPOKESPERSON SENT THIS
STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, FOR
PRIVACY, SAFETY AND SECURITY
REASONS, WE DO NOT DISCUSS THE
CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT FOR
ANY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL.
>> INCLUDING MEDICAL AND HEALTH
RELATED ISSUES, END QUOTE.
IT WENT ON TO SAY THEY DO NOT
COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION.
>> AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW THIS
IS GOING TO BE A CASE THAT WE
FOLLOW VERY CLOSELY IN THE DAYS