R. Kelly’s legal team is calling on President Trump to help free their client from prison.
Kelly is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2022 in Chicago of child pornography charges. His attorneys doubled down on their claims that prison officials are trying to have him killed.
“R. Kelly’s life is now threatened, because of his willingness to fight and to expose the very kind of corruption that President Trump has been fighting and standing up to since the day he took that office,” attorney Beau Brindley said in a press conference. “We will ask President Trump to help us.”
Trump has pardoned several celebrities over the past few weeks, including Todd and Julie Christly, Larry Hoover and NBA YoungBoy. Trump also said he is open to pardoning Sean “Diddy” Combs.
“We are seeking a conversation with the president, because R. Kelly does not have the time, with his life in danger, to go through the normal channels,” Brindley continued. “We are seeking talks with the White House. We are seeking talks with everybody who is willing to help us.”