R. Kelly Hospitalized After Near-fatal Overdose In Prison, Attorney Claims It Was Plot To Kill Him

Disgraced R&B vocalist R. Kelly, presently serving a 30-year condemnation for national racketeering and activity trafficking convictions, was hospitalized aft he overdosed successful prison.

"In nan early greeting hours of June 13, 2025, Mr. Kelly awoke. He felt faint. He was dizzy. He started to spot achromatic spots successful his vision. Mr. Kelly tried to get up, but fell to nan ground. He crawled to nan doorway of nan compartment and mislaid consciousness. He was placed on a gurney," according to a filing from his lawyer and obtained by Fox News Digital. 

"At nan hospital, Mr. Kelly learned that he had been administered an overdose amount of his medications that threatened his life. He required hospitalization for 2 days to dainty it."

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R. Kelly appeared during a proceeding astatine nan Leighton Criminal Courthouse connected Sept. 17, 2019 successful Chicago. (Antonio Perez - Pool via Getty Images)

The "Ignition" singer's lawyer alleged that situation unit administered a dangerously precocious dose of his medication, starring to nan overdose. Kelly, 58, usually takes medicine for worry and slumber medication, nan archive read. 

Kelly's lawyer had precocious revenge for impermanent furlough, which would let him to time off situation for a constricted clip nether circumstantial conditions. 

In nan filing, his lawyer alleges that "within 2 days of nan filing of his motion, Bureau of Prisons officials administered an magnitude of medicine that importantly exceeded a safe dose and caused Mr. Kelly to overdose, putting his life successful jeopardy. They gave him an magnitude of medicine that could person killed him." 

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Disgraced vocalist R. Kelly overdosed successful situation aft allegedly receiving excessive medication, requiring 2 days of hospitalization. (Photo by Antonio Perez - Pool via Getty Images)

According to his lawyers, "administering an overdose amount of medicine to Mr. Kelly conscionable days aft his vulnerability of a Bureau of Prisons crippled to termination him is not nan extremity of nan B.O.P. actions that put his life successful jeopardy."

The filing claimed, "it really gets overmuch worse."

His ineligible squad said Kelly had complained for months astir a swollen limb — an rumor that was particularly concerning owed to his anterior history pinch humor clots. He reportedly sought aesculapian attraction many times but was provided pinch constricted aliases delayed care.

Earlier this year, Kelly was allegedly expected to acquisition a scan to observe humor clots, but, "He was past told by situation aesculapian unit that they were only authorized to counsel him that he would nary longer beryllium receiving humor thinners," nan archive stated.

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In this handout provided by nan Chicago Police Department, Robert Kelly, professionally known arsenic R. Kelly, poses for a mugshot aft his apprehension connected Feb. 22, 2019 successful Chicago. Kelly was arrested connected 10 counts of aggravated criminal intersexual abuse. (Chicago Police Department via Getty Images)

"He was taken disconnected of humor thinners astatine that time."

The attorneys claimed that determination happened wrong nan past 3 months and put their customer astatine superior consequence of aesculapian complications.

The filing besides claimed, "Mr. Kelly was connected nan telephone pinch nan undersigned coming successful tears, acrophobic that they will termination him aliases fto him die…It is useful to juxtapose nan declaration of Mikeal Stine pinch nan behaviour of nan Bureau of Prisons officials since that declaration became public. He exposed what he indicated was a Bureau of Prisons crippled to termination Mr. Kelly successful bid to screen up crimes committed by D.O.J. and Bureau of Prisons officials during nan investigation of his cases."

After his caller hospitalization, Kelly was forcibly removed from Duke University Hospital successful Durham, North Carolina, contempt doctors advising against it, according to nan filing. 

When Fox News Digital reached retired to nan Bureau of Prisons, their squad declined to comment, stating, "For privacy, safety, and information reasons, we do not talk nan conditions of confinement for immoderate incarcerated individual, including aesculapian and health-related issues."

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Reps for Kelly did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment. 

Born Robert Sylvester Kelly, nan vocalist has been incarcerated astatine nan Federal Correctional Institution successful Butner, North Carolina, since 2022. (Associated Press)

Born Robert Sylvester Kelly, nan vocalist has been incarcerated astatine nan Federal Correctional Institution successful Butner, North Carolina, since 2022.

In June 2022, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years successful situation successful New York aft being convicted of racketeering and activity trafficking. In February 2023, nan rapper was sentenced successful Chicago to an further 20 years successful prison connected charges of kid pornography and enticement of minors for sex. Kelly will service each but 1 of those years concurrently and will apt beryllium eligible for parole astatine property 80.

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Kelly, who has vehemently denied nan allegations, roseate from poorness successful Chicago to go 1 of nan world’s biggest R&B stars. Known for his smash deed "I Believe I Can Fly" and for sex-infused songs specified arsenic "Bump n’ Grind," he sold millions of albums moreover aft allegations astir his maltreatment of girls began circulating publically successful nan 1990s.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.