Lawyers for R. Kelly are suing the federal prison housing him, alleging that the facility is unlawfully keeping the singer on suicide watch as a form of punishment.
on federal sex trafficking charges, lawyers for the singer are suing the federal prison housing him, alleging that the facility is unlawfully keeping him on suicide watch as a form of punishment. The lawyers allege that there is no reason for Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center to put the 55-year-old Kelly on suicide watch, and that doing so is causing"real and lasting harm" to the singer.
"Mr. Kelly impressed upon me repeatedly that he was not suicidal and the conditions of suicide watch at the MDC were extraordinarily stressful and harmful," his lawyer wrote in an accompanying affidavit."He expressed on multiple occasions that he did not want to be put on suicide watch and that he was not suicidal and had no thoughts of harming himself or anyone else."
The prosecutor allegedly told Kelly's legal team that MDC's legal team said he had been moved"for various reasons, such as age, crime, publicity, and sentencing." The lawsuit alleged Kelly was put under suicide watch for"purely punitive reasons." It further alleged that MDC facilities have"a policy of placing high profile individuals under the harsh conditions of suicide watch whether they are suicidal or not," noting that Ghislaine Maxwell's legal teamWhile the lawyers noted that suicide watch may be appropriate for those who are suicidal, it said the conditions are cruel and unconstitutional for people who are not a suicide risk.
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