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Disgraceful R&B singer R. Kelly, He is currently sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal assault and sex trafficking convictions, but was hospitalized after an overdose in prison.
“In the early hours of June 13th, 2025, Mr. Kelly woke up. He felt faint. He felt dizzy. He began to see the black spots in his vision. Mr. Kelly tried to get up, but fell to the ground. With a gurney“According to submissions from his attorney, it was obtained by Fox News Digital.
“In the hospital, Mr. Kelly learned that he had been given an overdose of his drug, which would threaten his life. He needed to be hospitalized for two days to treat it.”
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R. Kelly appeared during a hearing at Leighton Criminal Court on September 17, 2019 in Chicago. (Antonio Perez – Pool via Getty Images)
The “ignition” singer’s lawyer alleged that prison officials would administer a dangerously high dose of his drug, leading to an overdose. Kelly, 58, usually takes medication for anxiety and sleep medication, the document reads.
Kelly’s lawyers had recently filed for temporary fraud.
In his filing, his lawyer said, “Within two days of filing his claim, Prison Bureau officials overdose Mr Kelly well beyond the safe dose, administering a drug that put his life at risk.
R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison following his conviction of sex trafficking.
Disgraceful singer R. Kelly was overdose in prison after allegedly receiving excess medication and was required to be hospitalized for two days. (Photo: by Antonio Perez – Pool via Getty Images)
According to his lawyers, “Due to Mr. Kelly the overdose a few days after the revelation of the prison plot to kill him is not the end of the BOP action that put his life at risk.”
The submission claimed that it “actually gets even worse.”
His legal team said Kelly had been complaining about her swollen legs for several months. This is a particular concern due to its previous history with blood clots. He reportedly sought medical procedures repeatedly, but was provided with limited or delayed care.
Earlier this year, Kelly was said to be undergoing a scan to detect a blood clot, but “he was later told by the prison medical staff that he was allowed to advise him that he would no longer receive a thin shinner,” the document said.
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In this handout provided by the Chicago Police Department, R. Robert Kelly, professionally known as Kelly, will pose for a mugshot after being arrested in Chicago on February 22, 2019. Kelly was arrested for aggravated criminal abuse of 10 counts. (Chicago Police Station via Getty Images)
“He was taken from the blood thinner at the time.”
The lawyers alleged that the decision occurred within the last three months, putting the client at a serious risk of medical complications.
The submission also states, “Mr. Kelly has shed tears today and juxtaposed the acts of the Prison Bureau with Mikiel Stein’s declaration, for fear of killing or dying him, and since that declaration was made public, he has juxtaposed the declaration of Mikiel Stein. Under investigation of his case.”
After his recent hospitalization, Kelly was forced to remove from Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolinadespite the doctors advised it, according to the submission.
When Fox News Digital reached out to the Prison Bureau, their team declined to comment, saying “We will not discuss the conditions for confinement of incarcerated individuals, including medical and health-related issues, for privacy, safety and security reasons.”
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A Kelly representative did not immediately respond to a Fox News digital request for comments.
The singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, was incarcerated in a federal correctional facility in Butner, North Carolina since 2022. (AP News)
The singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, was incarcerated in a federal correctional facility in Butner, North Carolina since 2022.
In June 2022, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in New York after being convicted of assault and sex trafficking. In February 2023, the rapper received additional rulings in Chicago 20 years in prison About child pornography charges and the seduction of sexual minors. Kelly will serve all but one of the same time that year and will be eligible for parole at age 80.
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Kelly has it vigorously Denied the claimrose from Chicago’s poverty and became one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. Known for his sex-infused songs such as his smash hits “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Bump N’Grind,” he sold millions of albums even after allegations of girl abuse began to circulate publicly in the 1990s.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
