• R. Kelly was hospitalized for an alleged overdose of medication provided by prison staff.
• His lawyers claim this incident is part of a targeted murder plot against him.
• Kelly's attorney alleges that prison officials removed him from the hospital against medical advice.
• Prosecutors have dismissed claims of a conspiracy as unfounded and "fanciful."
• Kelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking.

R. Kelly has been hospitalized after his lawyers allege he suffered an overdose due to prison staff administering "an overdose quantity" of medication at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina. The filing suggests that this overdose was not an isolated event but part of wider allegations involving a plot against his life orchestrated by prison officials, raising significant safety concerns, according to Newsweek and CBS News.

Kelly's attorney, Beau Brindley, detailed in a federal court filing that his client collapsed after taking the medications prescribed by prison staff and that he was forcibly removed from the hospital against medical advice. Reports indicate that Kelly was experiencing severe symptoms like fainting and dizziness, which led to him crawling to his cell door before collapsing, while being scheduled for surgery for blood clots in his legs and lungs, as noted by The Hill and HuffPost.

Brindley claims that prison officials administered an amount of medication that endangered Kelly's life, stating in court documents that “these people did overdose him.” He further speculated that this alleged conspiracy involved recruiting an inmate to harm Kelly, which has been met with scrutiny and dismissal by government lawyers who describe the allegations as "fanciful," according to Business Insider and Africa News.

These events unfold against the backdrop of his ongoing legal troubles, where in June, Kelly was also moved to solitary confinement following legal motions filed by his team regarding his safety. His current legal position includes serving concurrent sentences totaling 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering, alongside a 20-year sentence imposed in Chicago for child pornography charges, as reported by multiple outlets including Salon and HuffPost.