R. Kelly’s Lawyers Say Overdose and New Evidence Could Blow Up 30-Year Sentence

R. Kelly’s legal team is ready to flip the script on his 30-year federal prison sentence.

His attorney says new evidence proves the entire case was mishandled and that the singer’s life has been in danger ever since he was incarcerated.

Attorney Beau Brindley, who’s been leading the defense, plans to file a formal motion this week asking the court to throw out Kelly’s conviction. According to him, this motion will expose what really happened during and after the trial.

“There will be no jurisdictional refuge from that motion and the truth it will uncover,” Brindley warned. “There will be no technical argument behind which government counsel can hide.”

Kelly is currently held at Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina. He was sentenced in 2022 after being convicted in New York for sex trafficking and child pornography. He later received additional time in Chicago on related charges.

Now, things have taken an even darker turn. Just last week, Brindley dropped shocking allegations that prison officials and members of the Aryan Brotherhood tried to kill Kelly while he was in custody.

In a signed declaration from a known white supremacist, filed in court on June 10, it’s claimed that the Bureau of Prisons was directly involved in a plan to silence Kelly permanently.

Brindley says the plot nearly succeeded. According to newly filed court documents, Kelly was allegedly overdosed on medication just two days after going public with accusations against the prison staff. He was later pulled from the hospital at gunpoint and denied emergency surgery for blood clots in his lungs.

Despite the seriousness of these claims, the defense says federal prosecutors haven’t taken them seriously. Instead, the incidents have been dismissed as routine medical issues.

Brindley isn’t letting that slide. He also accused the government of a long-running pattern of misconduct, referencing how previous attempts to charge people around Kelly fell apart in court.

The defense is now pushing for a temporary furlough, arguing that Kelly’s safety can’t be guaranteed while he remains behind bars. The new motion will reportedly challenge both the evidence used to convict him and the way authorities handled the entire case.

Brindley said his team is also securing local legal support to address any jurisdictional pushback once the motion is filed.

If the court gives this motion a fair review, it could change everything for R. Kelly. And with claims of a cover-up, medical neglect, and a murder plot on the table, this legal battle just got even more intense.