Lawyers for disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly say the singer was taken to the hospital, alleging he suffered an "overdose" caused by officials at a North Carolina prison where he is currently housed.
Sources told ABC News, however, that R. Kelly was taken to the hospital for two days for routine medical care, and was released and is currently at the prison.
Kelly is serving a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina after he was convicted in federal court in 2021 of racketeering and violating the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law, including having sex with underage girls.
A court filing filed by Kelly's attorney, Beau B. Brindley, and obtained by ABC News, alleges mismanagement by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The filing also alleges Kelly was denied surgery by prison officers who accompanied the singer to the facility.
The Bureau of Prisons said in a statement to ABC News, "For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual, including medical and health-related issues. Additionally, the Bureau of Prisons does not comment on pending litigation or matters that are the subject of legal proceedings."
The "I Believe I Can Fly" singer was also found guilty in 2022 on sex crime charges, including producing child pornography and enticing minors to engage in sexual activity, in his second federal trial.
A federal judge in Chicago sentenced R. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, to 20 years in prison in 2023 for those convictions.
However, the sentencing only added one more year to his prison time as Kelly will serve 19 years concurrently with his New York prison sentence, according to Chicago ABC station WLS. He would then be required to serve one year in the Chicago case.
An attorney for Kelly did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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