Last week attorneys for R. Kelly claim he was placed in solitary confinement in retaliation for filing an emergency motion accusing prison officials of putting a hit on him [click here if you missed that].
Now its being reported that Kellz was rushed to the hospital after receiving an overdose of his medication...
From AllHipHop
R. Kelly collapsed in his North Carolina prison cell after being given what his lawyer says was a dangerous overdose of medication while in solitary confinement.
The incident allegedly took place just days after Kelly’s legal team accused prison officials of plotting to harm him.
According to court filings viewed by AllHipHop, the 58-year-old singer was placed in isolation on Tuesday (June 10) and given additional medication by staff on Thursday (June 12).
The next morning, he reportedly fainted, experienced dizziness and vision loss and was rushed to Duke University Hospital.
Doctors determined he had received a life-threatening dose of medication and kept him under observation for two days. His attorney now alleges the overdose was not accidental.
“That means that, within two days of the filing of his motion, Bureau of Prisons officials administered an amount of medication that significantly exceeded a safe dose and caused Mr. Kelly to overdose, putting his life in jeopardy,” R. Kelly’s lawyer Beau B. Brindley said. “They gave him an amount of medicine that could have killed him.”
The emergency motion, filed in Illinois on Monday (June 16), is the third request for a temporary release to home confinement. Kelly’s legal team argues that his life is in danger behind bars, citing not only the overdose but also a recent declaration from another inmate, Mikeal Glenn Stine, who claimed prison staff and white supremacist groups were conspiring to kill the singer to cover up misconduct during his prosecution.
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