Saturday, June 21, 2025 - A federal judge has denied a motion to release R. Kelly to home confinement after his lawyers claimed an assassination attempt was made against the convicted musician.
The denial comes days after defense lawyers said Kelly was
hospitalized for an overdose of medication administered by prison officials.
The bombshell allegation also came shortly after Kelly's attorneys alleged that
prison officials directed another inmate to k!ll the R&B singer in exchange
for the inmate's freedom.
Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is serving
a 30-year prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute in Butner,
North Carolina, after his 2021 New York conviction of racketeering and s£x
trafficking.
U.S. District Court Judge Martha Pacold denied Kelly's
motion on Thursday, June 19, ruling that she "lacks jurisdiction over this
matter."
This month, Kelly's attorney has filed a flurry of motions
seeking to get the "Ignition" singer released to home
confinement.
Prosecutors have responded to Kelly’s request and
allegations in court filings, calling them "deeply unserious and
theatrical" and "repugnant to the sentence that this Court imposed
for deeply disturbing offenses."
In court filings last week, Kelly's lawyer accused prison
officials of soliciting another inmate, Mikeal Glenn Stine, to k!ll the singer.
At the same time, the pair was detained at a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona,
this spring.
The court filing alleged that prison officials offered to
free Stine, who has a terminal illness, in exchange for k!lling Kelly.
Shortly after the allegation was made, Kelly's attorney claimed in court that
his client was moved to solitary confinement.
Kelly's lawyer this week alleged the singer was hospitalized
on Friday after prison officials allegedly administered him an overdose of
medication, according to a court filing. The filing alleged that prison
officials then moved Kelly back to solitary confinement, taking him out of the
hospital against doctors' orders.
"Mr. Kelly’s life is in danger, and that danger is
coming from Bureau of Prisons officials and their actions," the Monday
court filing states. "Mr. Kelly needs this Court’s intervention. His life
actually depends on it."
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement
that it does "not discuss the conditions of confinement for any
incarcerated individual" and "does not comment on pending
litigation."
Amid the slew of jaw-dropping court filings, Kelly's attorney also
told media outlets last week that he is trying to seek a presidential
pardon for his client.
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