R Kelly was rushed to Duke University hospital after overdosing in prison. The 58-year-old collapsed at the federal correctional institute in Butner, North Carolina.
R&B singer and convicted sex offender R. Kelly was recently rushed to a hospital from a federal prison facility following what his attorneys describe as a medical overdose. The incident, detailed in a new court filing reviewed by The Guardian, has intensified an ongoing legal effort to seek his release from custody.
The 58-year-old, currently serving a 30-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, reportedly collapsed in his cell in the early hours of June 13. His legal team alleges that he had been kept in solitary confinement since June 10 and had been administered medication by prison staff with directions to take it.
