A federal judge in Chicago has denied R. Kelly’s urgent motion for release from prison to home detention, dismissing his legal team’s claims of a conspiracy by federal authorities to endanger his life while incarcerated.
The singer’s attorneys argued that officials at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Centre, where Kelly was previously held, collaborated with a former cellmate to steal his legal mail and share it with prosecutors before his trial.
Kelly’s legal team further alleged that at FCI Butner in North Carolina, where he is currently imprisoned, authorities attempted to enlist an Aryan Brotherhood member to assassinate him.
They also claimed prison staff administered a life-threatening overdose and removed Kelly from a hospital against medical advice.
The motion sought emergency relief and even included a public plea for President Trump to intervene.
But U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold ruled on Thursday that she has no jurisdiction over the matter, writing, “Kelly is currently housed at FCI Butner, which is located in Butner, North Carolina—outside this judicial district.
“Kelly has not demonstrated a legal basis for this court’s jurisdiction. Accordingly, his emergency motion … is denied.”
Prosecutors dismissed the claims as baseless and offensive, stating, “Kelly refuses to accept responsibility for years of sexually abusing children and is using this Court’s docket merely to promote himself despite there being no legal basis to be before this court.”
Kelly, 58, is serving a 30-year sentence from a 2021 conviction in New York for racketeering and sex trafficking.
In 2022, he was also convicted in Chicago on child pornography charges.
His sentences mostly run concurrently, and his expected release date is December 21, 2045.
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