R Kelly Overdoses in Prison, Claims It Was Part of Plot by Prison Staff to Kill Him

R Kelly claims he recently overdosed on prescription pills in what he alleges was part of a targeted plot to kill him—one he says was orchestrated by Bureau of Prisons staff at the North Carolina correctional facility where he is currently serving a 30-year sentence.

Per TMZ, in a new court filing, the 58-year-old singer says he spent two days at Duke University Hospital earlier this month after prison staff purposely gave him too much of his prescribed medication, which caused him to overdose.

Kelly is also accusing prison staff of withholding necessary blood-thinner medication and refusing to allow him to undergo doctor-recommended surgery to clear blood clots in his legs and lungs that are putting his life in danger. As a result, the singer is seeking release from prison and a transfer to home confinement.

In a separate filing last week, Kelly claimed that prison officials were involved in a murder-for-hire plot, alleging that they had enlisted a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood to murder him in exchange for the inmate’s own early release.

Kelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence for his federal sex trafficking conviction in New York. He also received a 20-year sentence for a separate case in Chicago in 2023, 19 years of which are being served concurrently with the New York sentence.