R. Kelly claims his ‘life remains in imminent danger' as prison officials ‘refuse to give him meds' for blood clots
R. KELLY has claimed that prison officials are endangering his life by refusing to give him medication, a new court filing reveals.
The disgraced R&B singer claimed he is being denied blood thinners despite being diagnosed with blood clots after he was hospitalized for an overdose in jail, The U.S. Sun can exclusively report.
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R. Kelly's legal team said the disgraced singer is still not getting his medication after allegedly being diagnosed with several blood clots
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R. Kelly's attorneys had a 4 hour meeting with the singer behind bars, and they say their client's life is in imminent danger
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In a filing on Wednesday, his attorney, Beau Brindley, said he and Kelly's co-counsel had just met with the singer for four hours.
In that conversation, Kelly's team claimed their client still hadn't been given life-saving medication after being diagnosed with blood clots last week.
In the filing, his attorney said after returning "from the hospital with medically CONFIRMED blood clots, Mr. Kelly is still not getting his prescribed blood thinners."
In the federal court filing, his team continued: "After the meeting and obtainment of a signed HIPAA waiver, counsel travelled to Duke University Hospital to seek medical documents that are quickly becoming critical.
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"We have confirmed Mr. Kelly's presence at Duke University
Hospital. We have confirmed the overdose. We have confirmed the blood clots.
"But we need the medical documents to support it, which require extensive bureaucratic procedural steps. Those were taken," the filing continued.
As The U.S. Sun previously reported, Kelly was rushed to the hospital after allegedly being given an extra dose of his medication.
According to a filing by his attorney, the overdose occurred after prison staff at the Federal Correctional Institute Facility in North Carolina administered the medications.
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The musician, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is currently serving a 30-year sentence following his 2021 conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in New York.
On June 10, Kelly was placed in solitary confinement and given anxiety medication, his attorney Beau B. Brindley stated.
He was later administered additional medications and instructed to take them, according to court documents reviewed by
The Sun
. However, three days later, Kelly reported feeling "faint" and "dizzy."
Kelly's legal team accused prison officials of punishing him with isolation after he filed an emergency motion.
The singer reported seeing "black spots in his vision" before he passed out and was rushed to Duke University Hospital on Friday.
While in the ambulance, Kelly claims to have heard one of the prison officers say, "This is going to open a whole new can of worms," according to court documents.
Kelly's legal team claimed that his deteriorating health was caused by being administered dangerously high doses of medication.
While hospitalized, medical staff discovered blood clots in Kelly's legs and lungs and planned to keep him for surgery, according to his attorney, Beau B. Brindley.
However, prison officials reportedly removed Kelly from the hospital and returned him to the facility, placing him back in solitary confinement.
Kelly's defense attorney filed a motion on June 10, asking for his immediate release to escape an alleged murder-for-hire plot by prison officials and another inmate.
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Kelly is serving a 30-year prison sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking
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