R Kelly Placed in Solitary Confinement

Last week attorneys for R. Kelly filed an emergency motion for his immediate release after accusing prison officials of putting a hit on him [click here if you missed that]. 

Now Kelly's attorneys claim he has been placed in solitary confinement in retaliation...

From AllHipHop

R. Kelly is locked in solitary confinement with spiders crawling across his body as he sleeps, according to his legal team, who claim he’s being punished for filing an emergency motion to escape death threats from white supremacists inside the prison walls.

His lawyers allege that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons responded to the emergency court filing by moving R. Kelly into solitary confinement as retaliation.

“Mr. Kelly is now living in solitary confinement. He cannot call his family. He cannot eat his own food from his locker, which he purchased from commissary. The prison officials refuse to give it to him. Mr. Kelly has spiders crawling over him as he tries to sleep. He is alone in the dark in miserable conditions,” R. Kelly’s lawyer, Beau B. Brindley, said.

They also claim R. Kelly is too afraid to eat meals from the prison kitchen due to threats of poisoning.

“Mr. Kelly is afraid to eat that food. And with good reason. The prison officials refuse to let him have his own purchased and sealed food products from his locker (things like peanut butter and crackers) and, instead, insist he must eat food from the chow hall,” Brindley added.

“That left Mr. Kelly with no way to eat without the justifiable fear that his food is being poisoned. So he has been without food for two days,’ Brindley said.

The conditions have left R. Kelly physically and mentally deteriorating. He asked for a temporary furlough to home detention.

His attorneys say R. Kelly is being treated like a violent offender despite being a victim of threats, not a perpetrator of violence.

“He is being punished for asking for legal help, not for his own safety,” the filing reads. R. Kelly’s legal team is urging the court to act swiftly, warning that the current conditions pose a threat to his health and safety.

The ruling is pending.