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R Kelly rushed to hospital after overdosing in prison, lawyers say (www.theguardian.com)

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Lawyers for R Kelly say in new court documents that the convicted sex trafficker and singer was recently rushed to hospital after medically overdosing in prison.

The 58-year-old reportedly collapsed on Friday at the federal correctional institute in Butner, North Carolina, which specializes in housing sex offenders, and was transported to Duke University hospital.

In a new court filing on Monday reviewed by the Guardian, Kelly’s lawyers allege that he had been placed in solitary confinement on 10 June and was given medication by prison staff – along with “instructions to take it”.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The article says the prison gave him the medicine he overdosed on. While in solitary.

So who knows what really happened.

Fuck R Kelly. But also our prison system is so fucked up it makes me sick.