CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� collapsed in prison and was hospitalized, attorneys said in court filings this week, adding the details to the singer's extraordinary allegations of a murder plot by prison officials that he argues require temporary release on home detention. Government lawyers have dismissed the claims as a 鈥渇anciful conspiracy."
Kelly, 58, is at a Butner, North Carolina federal facility related to separate convictions for .
In a series of filings that started last week, Kelly鈥檚 attorneys claim prison officials sought out leaders of a white supremacist gang to kill him and prevent the release of damaging information on prison officials. After that filing, Kelly was moved to solitary confinement, his attorneys say. They also allege he was purposely given a medication overdose and required hospitalization and surgery for blood clots, but he was sent back to solitary.
鈥淭hese people did overdose him. They did leave him with blood clots in his lungs and remove him from a hospital that sought to do surgery to remove them,鈥� Kelly鈥檚 attorney Beau B. Brindley wrote in a filing Tuesday. 鈥淎nd they did it within days of his exposure of a plan to kill him set forth by Bureau of Prisons officials.鈥�
Attorneys cite a declaration from a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood as among their evidence.
Government attorneys rejected the allegations as 鈥渞epugnant鈥� and questioned whether a Chicago judge has jurisdiction to alter Kelly's sentence for separate convictions in Illinois and New York. Kelly has a Friday hearing at Chicago鈥檚 federal court.
鈥淜elly has never taken responsibility for his years of sexually abusing children, and he probably never will,鈥� government attorneys wrote. 鈥淯ndeterred, Kelly now asks this Court to release him from incarceration indefinitely under the guise of a fanciful conspiracy.鈥�
The Bureau of Prisons declined to comment Tuesday, saying it does not discuss conditions of confinement or comment on pending legal matters.
The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex. In 2021, he was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York. His attempts to appeal have been , including to . Kelly has also sought President Donald Trump's help.
He is serving most of his and 30-year simultaneously.
Kelly is known for work including the 1996 hit 鈥淚 Believe I Can Fly鈥� and the cult classic 鈥淭rapped in the Closet,鈥� a multipart tale of sexual betrayal and intrigue.
Kelly sold millions of albums and remained in demand even after allegations about his abuse of young girls . A 2008 trial in Chicago on child sexual abuse image charges ended in acquittal.
Widespread outrage over Kelly鈥檚 sexual misconduct did not emerge until the #MeToo reckoning, reaching a crescendo after the release of the
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