R. Kelly overdose scare in prison: Singer rushed to hospital after alleged murder plot; lawyers seek home confinement

R. Kelly just had a major health scare behind bars, and his legal team says it nearly cost him his life. The 57-year-old R&B singer, who¡¯s currently locked up at FCI Butner on decades-long sentences for sex trafficking and child pornography, was reportedly rushed to the hospital last week after overdosing on anxiety medication. His lawyers say the overdose happened while he was stuck in solitary confinement, allegedly fearing for his life. They have now sought home confinement for the siger, alleging a murder plot.

Medication dosage could've killed R. Kelly

According to his attorney, Beau Brindley, Kelly had been placed in solitary confinement on June 10, just days after he and his team claimed that prison officials were involved in a plot to have him killed. Brindley alleges that white supremacist inmates and three staff members at the facility tried to recruit another prisoner to murder Kelly in exchange for favours.

Then, on June 12, things took a terrifying turn. Staff handed Kelly what his team claims was a dangerous amount of anxiety medication¡ªfar more than he was prescribed. The next morning, he collapsed in his cell, reportedly dizzy, disoriented, and unable to see straight. He had to be rushed to Duke University Hospital for emergency treatment.

Doctors told Kelly¡¯s lawyers that the medication dosage he received could¡¯ve killed him.

Doctors find blood clots in his lungs

While at the hospital, doctors also discovered blood clots in both his lungs and legs, which his attorneys say need urgent surgical treatment. Brindley further claimed that armed officers forcibly removed Kelly from the hospital against doctors¡¯ advice and tossed him right back into solitary.

In fact, Kelly¡¯s lawyers paint a disturbing picture: the singer now refuses to eat for fear of being poisoned, hasn¡¯t been allowed to contact his family, and spends every moment alone, surrounded by bugs in a dirty isolation cell.

The murder plot accusations

R Kelly| Credit: X

The claims about the murder-for-hire plot come from another inmate, Mikeal Glenn Stine, who says he¡¯s dying of cancer and was allegedly approached by three staffers who offered him early release or a transfer to a nicer prison if he agreed to kill Kelly. The Bureau of Prisons has yet to confirm or deny the allegations publicly.

The timing of the overdose¡ªjust days after this sworn statement surfaced¡ªhas only added to the suspicion.

Kelly's legal team begs for home confinement

Brindley is now begging a federal judge to step in, calling the conditions ¡°cruel and unusual.¡± He wants Kelly to be moved to home confinement, even temporarily, before something irreversible happens. ¡°This is beyond punishment,¡± Brindley wrote. ¡°This is deliberate indifference to human life.¡±

Federal prosecutors, however, aren¡¯t buying it. They¡¯ve called the request ¡°procedurally flawed¡± and the allegations ¡°deeply unserious,¡± insisting the court doesn¡¯t even have the authority to change where Kelly serves his time.

Meanwhile, a crucial hearing is scheduled for June 20, where a judge will decide whether Kelly¡¯s conditions warrant intervention. His legal team says time is running out. For now, Kelly remains in solitary, still recovering from the overdose¡ªand still surrounded by uncertainty, fear, and controversy.

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