R. Kelly was hospitalized in what lawyers call an ongoing prison assassination plot

R. Kelly was hospitalized after what his lawyer called an assassination attempt, according to court documents filed Tuesday

R. Kelly was hospitalized after what his lawyer called an assassination attempt, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was taken to Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, on Friday after prison officials "administered an overdose of his medication," according to court documents filed by his attorney.

The disgraced musician was serving time at the Federal Correctional Institute in Butner after his 2021 conviction of racketeering and sex trafficking.

"Mr. Kelly’s life is in danger, and that danger is coming from Bureau of Prisons officials and their actions," one of the court filings reads. "Mr. Kelly needs this Court’s intervention. His life actually depends on it."

The allegations were the latest in a slew of similar claims by his defense team that prison officials are trying to kill Kelly, 58, according to court documents filed within the last week.