R. Kelly Accuses Bureau of Prisons of Trying to Kill Him After Near-Fatal Overdose

R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case, May 8, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

Disgraced singer R. Kelly accused Bureau of Prisons staff of intentionally giving him a deadly amount of medication after he was hospitalized for an overdose.

On Tuesday morning, TMZ first reported that Kelly had been rushed to a North Carolina hospital as a result of the overdose. That report was based on a court filing by Kelly’s attorney, which explained that the incident had taken place Friday, June 13.

According to the filing, Kelly “was left bedridden in a hospital after a solitary confinement staff member instructed him to take additional medication the night of June 12.” Kelly woke up the next morning “feeling faint and dizzy” before eventually losing consciousness. The report continues:

He was subsequently taken to Duke University Hospital, and during the ride there, he claims he heard a prison officer begrudge … “This is going to open a whole new can of worms.”

During his two-day stay at the hospital, Kelly says he learned he was given an amount of his prescribed medication that could have ended his life.

Furthermore, Kelly claims in his Monday filing prison staff took him off necessary blood-thinner medication and is now refusing to allow him a doctor-recommended surgery to clear blood clots in his legs and lungs that are putting his life in danger.

Instead, they have him locked up in solitary confinement, where Kelly has expressed to his lawyer he is convinced he will be killed or left to die.

Kelly insisted that his life was in danger and submitted a request for temporary release to home confinement. An Assistant U.S. Attorney responded to the request by claiming that Kelly was simply painting himself as a victim.

“This is the behavior of an abuser and a master manipulator on display,” the attorney said.