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R. Kelly hospitalized after overdose in prison, reports say


R. Kelly was hospitalized last week after an overdose in prison from medication given to him by prison staff, lawyers are claiming.

R. Kelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking in the Federal Correctional Institute facility in Butner, North Carolina. According to multiple reports, R. Kelly's legal team filed court documents claiming that he was placed in solitary confinement and then given an "overdose quantity" of medication by prison staff. R. Kelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking in the Federal Correctional Institute facility in Butner, North Carolina.

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