A Chicago judge ruled that her court can't release R. Kelly to home confinement, denying his lawyers' efforts to have the convicted "Ignition" singer removed from prison.
The motion for Kelly's release, filed June 17 in the Chicago court in which he was originally convicted, comes after his legal team alleged the singer overdosed on medication given to him by prison staff last week.
The 58-year-old singer has been serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking since 2022. He is imprisoned in the Federal Correctional Institute facility in Butner, North Carolina.
The motion for release claimed Kelly's life is in imminent danger. However, Judge Martha Pacold denied the motion June 19, according to a ruling obtained by USA TODAY, saying her court doesn't have the jurisdiction it needs.
Pacold's ruling said her denial didn't take a side on Kelly's claims that his alleged overdose was a "murder plot" by the Bureau of Prisons.
