R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch for 'purely punitive reasons,' his attorney said Friday, days after the disgraced R&B superstar was sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case.
Jennifer Bonjean said her client's Eighth Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment are being violated in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn., are often put on suicide watch, said Bonjean, who insisted her client wouldn't harm himself.
"MDC Brooklyn is being run like a gulag," Bonjean said."My partner and I spoke with Mr. Kelly following his sentencing, he expressed that he was mentally fine, was behaving appropriately and was eager to pursue his appeal."
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