Update 09/02/2019 3:06pm:
It was previously reported that R. Kelly was having issues with solitary confinement while being locked up, and now prosecutors are firing back by saying Kelly has been lying.
In court documents that surfaced, prosecutors are claiming Kelly has had more than one cellmate, and that he is not in solitary confinement. Prosecutors wrote “Suffice it to say that defendant is not in solitary confinement, as he has had a cellmate for quite some time despite his initial refusal. In fact, he has had more than one cellmate so far. In any event, these are not reasons to disrupt the Court’s prior ruling to detain defendant.”
source: The Blast
Update 09/01/2019 1:43pm:
R. Kelly’s current lawyer Steve Greenberg took to Twitter and gave an update on the singer’s situation, noting that Kelly is being moved out of solitary confinement. It was also noted the singer will be placed in general population. Greenberg then said that he is working on getting the singer bail. Take a look above.
Original 08/31/2019 12:23pm:
Court documents that surfaced are noting that R. Kelly is reportedly pleading for a judge to take him out of solitary confinement. Kelly and his team are reportedly asking for the singer to be placed in an area that is less restricted after the prison claimed that he was placed in solitary confinement because of safety issues.
R. Kelly’s lawyer spoke on behalf of the artist in the motion, saying “Instead of placing Mr. Kelly on one of several other floors available as an alternative to general population, the BOP has placed Mr. Kelly where inmates go to be punished, on the facility’s most restrictive floor, with zero privileges. In essence, even though he has not violated a single BOP rule, Mr. Kelly is being unconstitutionally punished and segregated from the rest of the prison population.”
The lawyer concluded by saying “Additionally, the BOP’s promise to continue to check Mr. Kelly’s status to see if anything changes as to his solitary segregation is utterly nonsensical – the conduct he is charged with will remain unchanged, as will his celebrity status.”
source: The Blast
