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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul Farrell and Inga Parkel

R. Kelly suffered an ‘overdose’ of medications given to him by prison staff, his lawyers say

Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly suffered an overdose of medications that were given to him by prison staff in North Carolina, his lawyer alleges in a new filing.

Earlier this month, Kelly’s attorney said that the singer needed to be pardoned by President Donald Trump as he was the target over an elaborate assassination plot involving a leader in a white supremacist prison gang.

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