NEW YORK, USA – R. Kelly on Friday, July 1 sued the Brooklyn jail that has housed him since his racketeering and sex crimes conviction, saying it wrongly put him on suicide watch after he received aIn a complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court, the 55-year-old multiplatinum R&B singer said officials at the Metropolitan Detention Center ordered the watch after his June 29 sentencing “solely for punitive purposes” and because he was a “high-profile” inmate.
Bonjean wasn’t satisfied with the explanation. “Simply put, MDC Brooklyn is run like a gulag,” she wrote. He is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, though the docket suggests Kelly is seeking $100 million.Known for the 1996 Grammy-winning hit “I Believe I Can Fly,” Kelly was convicted last September onand eight counts of violating the Mann Act, which bars transporting people across state lines for prostitution.
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