R. Kelly was reportedly hospitalized after collapsing in his prison cell at Butner Federal Correctional Complex, North Carolina.
According to reports, the 58-year-old singer fainted on June 13 after receiving “an amount of medicine that could have killed him.”
The incident came just two days after he was placed in solitary confinement and allegedly given a dangerously high dosage of medication. By Friday, Kelly was reportedly suffering from dizziness and vision loss before being rushed to Duke University Hospital.
“That means that, within two days of the filing of his motion, Bureau of Prisons officials administered an amount of medication that significantly exceeded a safe dose and caused Mr. Kelly to overdose, putting his life in jeopardy,” his attorney, Beau B. Brindley, told AllHipHop.
Kelly’s legal team had filed a motion earlier in the week, claiming that his life was in danger. The motion included a sworn statement from another inmate claiming that prison officials and white supremacists were conspiring to kill Kelly to cover up misconduct tied to his case.
Brindley said that after the motion was filed, Kelly was isolated in harsh conditions. They alleged the disgraced singer was cut off from calls, denied commissary food, and left in a cell “infested with spiders.” Kelly allegedly avoided eating due to fear of being poisoned.
Doctors later found blood clots in his legs and lungs and recommended emergency surgery. But according to Brindley, “Within an hour, officers with guns came into his hospital room and removed Mr. Kelly… He was taken from the hospital against his will and against the directives of the doctors. He was denied the surgery he needs to clear blood clots in his lungs that threaten his life. This happened. This will be confirmed by hospital records. It is undeniable.”