17-6-2025
Legendary R&B singer Robert Kelly was a target for assassination by the authorities working with a white supremacist prison gang leader, his lawyer has claimed in a court filling.
R. Kelly is serving a 30-year prison sentence following his conviction in 2021 by a Brooklyn Federal court on multiple charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking. He is serving his sentence in the Federal Correctional Institute facility in Butner, North Carolina.
According to his lawyer, Kelly was put in solitary confinement on June 10. He had with him his medications for anxiety. On the same day, his lawyer says, prison staff entered his room and directed him to take further medications. He complied.
On June 13, Kelly reported that he “felt faint. He was dizzy. He started to see black spots in his vision.” The singer then lost consciousness and was rushed to Duke University Hospital.
Kelly is quoted in the document as saying during his transfer he heard a prison staffer say: “This is going to open a new can of worms.”
The filing goes on to say that Kelly spent two days being treated in the hospital. “They gave him an amount of medicine that could have killed him,” Kelly’s lawyer says.
Kelly has allegedly not being receiving necessary treatment for blood clots in recent months. During his recent stay, doctors at Duke observed his legs and found clots that require surgery.
His lawyer said that Kelly was quickly removed from the hospital after receiving a surgical consultation as the officers denied him surgery.
Prosecutors argue that the judge who received the motion for Kelly’s release lacks the authority to release the singer. The motion will be heard in a hearing on Friday.