Stunning claims of 'assassination' attempt of R. Kelly made by lawyers

Tonight disgraced R&B star R

Kelly making shocking allegations from a North Carolina prison

The Grammy Awards singer known for 90s anthem I Believe

I Can Fly

Accusing prison staff of taking active steps to kill him

with his attorney saying the musician was deliberately given an

overdose quantity of his anxiety medication while in solitary confinement

causing the singer to be hospitalized

The stunning claims made in multiple legal filings stating that

the incident happened nearly two days after R

Kelly publicly accused three prison officials

Of plotting to have him assassinated by an inmate who

was allegedly part of a white supremacist gang Kelly's attorney

saying instead of killing him the inmate told Kelly the

truth

Why is it that you believe these officers are trying

to kill Mr

Kelly Trying to kill Mr

Kelly as a means of covering up the fact that

the Bureau of Prisons itself has been engaged in

Crimes against Robert Kelly throughout the course of the investigation

of his cases

Since 2022 the 58-year-old born Robert Kelly has been serving

a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking

His public trial including graphic testimony from victims some appearing

in the docuseries Surviving R

Kelly

The breaking point for me was when Rob slapped me

And he took me into blacked out

In a filing prosecutors calling Kelly's new claims deeply unserious

and theatrical and repugnant to the sentence that this court

imposed for deeply disturbing offenses

R

Kelly's attorney says the pop star is now seeking a

pardon from President Trump

The Bureau of Prisons has declined to comment citing medical

privacy and pending litigation Tom