R. Kelly rushed to hospital after suffering near-fatal overdose in prison

R. Kelly was rushed to the hospital after overdosing from taking too much medication in prison.

According to court documents obtained by Page Six, the incarcerated singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was taken to Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., on June 13 after he allegedly had been “administered an overdose quantity of his medications that threatened his life” while serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute facility in Butner, N.C.

The court docs state that the “Ignition” singer, 58, went into solitary confinement “against his will” and “with his medications in his possession” on June 10.

“He takes medication for anxiety and to help him sleep, in addition to other medications,” the docs, filed by Kelly’s attorney, Beau B. Brindley, on Monday state. “While in solitary confinement, prison staff approached him, and he showed them the medications in his possession. This will appear on camera footage from the institution.”

Kelly’s attorney claims jail personnel later came to the R&B crooner and “provided him with additional medication and instructions to take it” and that the act was also caught on camera.

“Mr. Kelly took the medication as directed. This was on June 12, 2025, after the undersigned filed a document revealing the solitary confinement conditions experienced by Mr. Kelly,” Brindley states in the filing.

“In the early morning hours of June 13, 2025, Mr. Kelly awoke. He felt faint. He was dizzy. He started to see black spots in his vision. Mr. Kelly tried to get up, but fell to the ground. He crawled to the door of the cell and lost consciousness. He was placed on a gurney.”

Kelly was initially going to get medical assistance at an on-site facility; however, the court docs claim the “staff there could not assist him.”

While being transferred to Duke University Hospital in an ambulance, the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer allegedly heard one of the prison officers state: “This is going to open a whole new can of worms.”

“At the hospital, Mr. Kelly learned that he had been administered an overdose quantity of his medications that threatened his life,” the docs read, adding that Kelly was treated in the hospital for two days.

The three-time Grammy winner’s lawyer alleges the Bureau of Prisons officials put Kelly’s “life in jeopardy” by administering “an amount of medication that significantly exceeded a safe dose and caused Mr. Kelly to overdose.”

“They gave him an amount of medicine that could have killed him,” Brindley states in the filing.

The lawyer believes the alleged attempt to kill Kelly came days after he filed a motion, exposing the Bureau of Prisons’ “plot to kill him.”

Kelly’s legal team also claims in the filing that the prison staff allegedly took the “I Wish” singer off blood-thinner medication and will not allow him to receive surgery to clear the deadly blood clots in his legs and lungs.

Brindley is once again asking for Kelly to be temporarily released to home confinement to save his life.

Page Six has reached out to Kelly’s attorneys and the prison for comment but did not immediately hear back.

This article is being updated.