丢脸的R的律师&B巨星R·凯利说这位歌手被送往医院,声称他遭受了北卡罗来纳州监狱官员造成的“用药过量”,他目前被关押在那里。
消息人士告诉ABC新闻,R·凯利被送往医院进行了两天的常规医疗护理,并被释放,目前在监狱。
凯利是服务他被判30年监禁证明…有罪2021年在联邦法院的敲诈勒索和违反曼恩法案,一项性贩运法,包括与未成年女孩发生性关系。
ABC新闻获得了凯利的律师Beau B. Brindley提交的一份法庭文件,指控美国监狱管理局管理不善。
该文件还声称,陪同凯利到监狱的监狱官员拒绝了他的手术。
监狱管理局在给ABC新闻的一份声明中说,“出于隐私、安全和安保的原因,我们不讨论任何被监禁个人的监禁条件,包括医疗和健康相关问题。此外,监狱管理局不评论未决诉讼或法律诉讼的主题事项。”
“我相信我能飞”的歌手也是被判有罪2022年,在他的第二次联邦审判中,他被控性犯罪,包括制作儿童色情制品和引诱未成年人从事性活动。
芝加哥的联邦法官判决R.凯利,原名罗伯特·西尔维斯特·凯利,因这些罪名将于2023年被判20年监禁。
然而,这一判决只给他增加了一年的刑期,因为凯利将在纽约监狱服刑19年,根据芝加哥ABC电视台WLS站。然后,他将被要求在芝加哥一案中服刑一年。
凯利的律师没有立即回应置评请求。
R. Kelly hospitalized after alleged overdose in prison, attorneys say
Lawyers for disgraced R&B superstarR. Kellysay the singer was taken to the hospital, alleging he suffered an "overdose" caused by officials at a North Carolina prison where he is currently housed.
Sources told ABC News however that R. Kelly was taken to the hospital for two days for routine medical care and was released and is currently at the prison.
Kelly isservinga 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina after he wasconvictedin federal court in 2021 of racketeering and violating the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law, including having sex with underage girls.
A court filing filed by Kelly's attorney, Beau B. Brindley, and obtained by ABC News, alleges mismanagement by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The filing also alleges Kelly was denied surgery by prison officers who accompanied the singer to the facility.
The Bureau of Prisons said in a statement to ABC News, "For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual, including medical and health-related issues. Additionally, the Bureau of Prisons does not comment on pending litigation or matters that are the subject of legal proceedings."
The "I Believe I Can Fly" singer was alsofound guiltyin 2022 on sex crime charges, including producing child pornography and enticing minors to engage in sexual activity, in his second federal trial.
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A federal judge in ChicagosentencedR. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, to 20 years in prison in 2023 for those convictions.
However, the sentencing only added one more year to his prison time as Kelly will serve 19 years concurrently with his New York prison sentence,according toChicago ABC station WLS. He would then be required to serve one year in the Chicago case.
An attorney for Kelly did not immediately respond to a request for comment.