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R. Kelly Placed On Suicide Watch After 30-Years Sentencing
R. Kelly Is Now On Suicide Watch After 30 Years Sentencing
R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch. The disgraced singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking.
The R&B singer’s attorney told Fox News Digital that Kelly has not been suicidal and argued Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn had placed Kelly under suicide watch for “punitive reasons.”
“Mr. Kelly was placed on suicide watch for purely punitive reasons in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights,” Jennifer Bonjean told Fox News Digital. “MDC has a policy of placing high profile individuals under the harsh conditions of suicide watch whether they are suicidal or not.
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MDC Brooklyn is being run like a gulag “My partner and I spoke with Mr. Kelly following his sentencing, he expressed that he was mentally fine and only expressed concern that even though he was not suicidal, MDC would place him on suicide watch (as they did following the guilty verdict).”
Kelly’s attorneys called the suicidal watch placement “illegal.”
“We are in the process of filing an emergency rule to show cause with the courts,” the statement read. “MDC Brooklyn’s confinement of Mr. Kelly to suicide watch is illegal, and they will be held accountable for it.
According to TMZ, despite being in his 80s upon his release from prison in 30 years, a judge ruled he’ll have to undergo counseling for a sexual disorder once he’s out.
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