In a statement to CBS News and a federal court filing, R. Kelly‘s attorney claimed that he was taken against medical recommendation from a hospital after being treated for an overdose after receiving “an amount of medicine that could have killed him” from prison staff.
Beau Brindley, the disgraced singer’s attorney, is asking a judge to transfer him from the North Carolina prison where he is serving his terms to home detention.
In a court filing on Monday, Brindley wrote: “Mr. Kelly’s life is in danger and the threat comes from Bureau of Prisons officers whose duty is to protect him,”
“Seeking to kill” Kelly, he claims, is what the federal Bureau of Prisons is doing “to cover up crimes committed in the investigation of his case.”
After contacting the Bureau of Prisons for comment, CBS News was awaiting a response. Kelly was transferred to Duke University Hospital, which declined to comment until after consulting with the Bureau of Prisons.
The motion stated that Kelly had been placed in solitary confinement earlier in June. According to Brindley, he had demonstrated to the jail staff that he was taking his anxiety and sleep aid medications.
However, Brindley claims that prison staff “provided him with additional medication and instructions to take it” on Thursday night. After taking the prescription, Kelly felt lightheaded and faint the following morning.
