Last year R. Kelly filed a lawsuit against gossip vlogger Tasha K and the U.S. Penal System after Tasha published his prison emails [click here if you missed that].
The U.S. Government has filed a motion to dismiss...
From In Touch
The U.S. Government fired back at R. Kelly’s lawsuit over prison workers allegedly accessing his private emails and call logs, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, lawyers representing the government asked that Kelly’s 2023 lawsuit, where he claimed prison employees used the internal prison system to assess his emails, visitor and phone logs, be tossed.
The government denied it breached its duty of care to Kelly.
The response admitted there was an Inspector General investigation into the unauthorized access of Kelly’s sensitive information.
The response said the officer Kelly named in his complaint was investigated but no charges were ever brought. In 2019, The Chicago Sun Times reported the prison employee in question had recently retired.
The government seemingly admitted that an investigation found a prison worker did provide blogger Tasha K with information that was accessed from the internal system.
The lawyer argued for the case to be dismissed. He said, “The United States is not subject to institutional liability stemming from allegedly widespread negligent practices or policies.”
In the suit, Kelly said he believed the officers sold the information to Tasha K, who then posted it on her blog. Tasha K denied the claims she had anything to do with illegal activity on her Instagram.
His lawyer said Tasha K, “rallied her massive following to harass [Kelly] with the use of the stolen information and created chaos in [Kelly’s] personal life, even using the information to influence witnesses in [Kelly’s] EDNY criminal prosecution. On information and belief, the stolen information was shared with and used by prosecutors from United States Attorney’s Office as a tool to influence witnesses against [Kelly].”
Now, the United States Government has demanded the case be tossed.
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