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R. Kelly's Lawyer Claims Singer Has Blood Clots in His Lungs — and That Prison Is Denying Life-Saving Surgery (Exclusive)

A federal judge denied R. Kelly’s request for a temporary prison furlough — despite his lawyer’s claim that the singer is in grave danger and being denied life-saving treatment.

Kelly remains in prison with blood clots in his lungs — this threatens his life every minute that he is denied the surgical intervention (pulmonary embolectomy) that Duke University hospital doctors sought to perform, but were prevented from executing,” Brindley claims. It included a declaration from a fellow inmate who claimed he was approached about carrying out the killing while in an Arizona detention facility — and then transferred to Kelly’s North Carolina complex, where he was housed in the same wing to allegedly complete the assignment. The BOP has declined to comment on the matter, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Julien said in his answer to the emergency motion that placing Kelly in solitary confinement was an effort by prison officials to protect him.

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