Convicted sex trafficker had been placed in solitary and given medication by prison staff, court filing alleges
Lawyers for R Kelly say in new court documents that the convicted sex trafficker and singer was recently rushed to hospital after medically overdosing in prison.
The 58-year-old reportedly collapsed Friday at the federal correctional institute in Butner, North Carolina, which specializes in housing sex offenders, and was transported to Duke University hospital.
In a new court filing Monday reviewed by the Guardian, Kelly’s lawyers allege that he had been placed in solitary confinement on 10 June and was given medication by prison staff – along with “instructions to take it”.
According to the filing, Kelly awoke in the early morning hours of 13 June, feeling “faint”, “dizzy” and “he started to see black spots in his vision”.
