{"id":11584,"date":"2025-06-17T21:41:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=11584"},"modified":"2025-06-17T21:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:41:38","slug":"r-kelly-hospitalized-after-alleged-overdose-in-prison-attorneys-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=11584","title":{"rendered":"R. Kelly hospitalized after alleged overdose in prison, attorneys say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyers for disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly<\/a> say 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Kelly is serving<\/a> a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina after he was convicted<\/a> in federal court in 2021 of racketeering and violating the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law, including having sex with underage girls.<\/p>\n

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In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

The filing also alleges Kelly was denied surgery by prison officers who accompanied the singer to the facility.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

The “I Believe I Can Fly” singer was also found guilty<\/a> in 2022 on sex crime charges, including producing child pornography and enticing minors to engage in sexual activity, in his second federal trial.<\/p>\n

A federal judge in Chicago sentenced<\/a> R. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, to 20 years in prison in 2023 for those convictions.<\/p>\n

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 to<\/a> Chicago ABC station WLS. He would then be required to serve one year in the Chicago case.<\/p>\n

An attorney for Kelly did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

ABC News’ Luke Barr and Angeline Bernabe contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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