Lawyers for R Kelly say in new court documents that the convicted sex trafficker and singer was recently rushed to hospital after medically overdosing in prison.
The 58-year-old reportedly collapsed on Friday at the federal correctional institute in Butner, North Carolina, which specializes in housing sex offenders, and was transported to Duke University hospital.
In a new court filing on Monday reviewed by the Guardian, Kelly’s lawyers allege that he had been placed in solitary confinement on 10 June and was given medication by prison staff – along with “instructions to take it”.
I don’t really care about this person, but shouldn’t it be obvious that someone with his status has access to drugs in prison?
Shouldn’t it be easy for staff to identify he has drugs and punish him accordingly?
Or is he getting even more special treatment in prison because of his wealth and status?
The article says the prison gave him the medicine he overdosed on. While in solitary.
So who knows what really happened.
Fuck R Kelly. But also our prison system is so fucked up it makes me sick.