R. Kelly legal team says overdose was part of assassination attempt
WRAL WEATHER ALERT DAY. COMING
UP.
ELIZABETH, THANKS. A NEWS
CONFERENCE SCHEDULED BY A CIVIL
RIGHTS GROUP WITH CONCERNS
ABOUT SINGER R KELLY SAFETY AT
THE FEDERAL PRISON IN BUTNER
WAS CANCELED THIS MORNING.
>> HIS LEGAL TEAM SAYS HIS
SAFETY IS AT RISK AFTER HE WAS
HOSPITALIZED. WHAT THEY CALL AN
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BY THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS.
WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK WAS IN BUTNER
THIS MORNING.
WE'VE LEARNED JUST WITHIN THE
LAST HOUR THAT THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE HERE WAS CANCELED.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT R KELLY'S
ATTORNEY IS HEADED HERE TO MEET
WITH HIM IN PERSON TODAY.
>> YESTERDAY WE WENT THROUGH
ALMOST 30 PAGES OF COURT
DOCUMENTS FILED BY HIS
ATTORNEY. THIS DOCUMENT YOU SEE
HERE CLAIMS THERE IS EVIDENCE
THAT OFFICIALS WITHIN THE
PRISON SYSTEM. I HAVE SOLICITED
MISTER KELLY'S MURDER. THIS
DOCUMENT SAYS, QUOTE, WE HAVE
EVIDENCE THAT OUR CLIENTS LIFE
IS BEING THREATENED BY THE VERY
JAILERS ON WHICH HE IS REQUIRED
TO RELY FOR PROTECTION. ANOTHER
DOCUMENT ALLEGES THAT KELLY
WAS GIVEN, QUOTE, HIM OUT OF
MEDICINE THAT COULD HAVE KILLED
HIM LEADING TO AN OVERDOSE.
THEN AFTER BEING TAKEN TO DUKE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WAS TAKEN
BACK TO PRISON DESPITE BEING
TOLD HE NEEDED ADDITIONAL
SURGERIES. NOW WE REACHED OUT
TO DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TO
CONFIRM THOSE CLAIMS. A
SPOKESPERSON DIRECTED US TO THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS WHO
SAID THEY COULD NOT COMMENT
ON PENDING LEGAL MATTERS.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A COPY OF THE
RESPONSE FILED BY THE
PROSECUTORS, WHICH SAYS, QUOTE,
KELLY'S MOTION MAKES A MOCKERY
OF THE HARM SUFFERED BY KELLY'S
VICTIMS AND FLOUTS. THIS
COURT'S PREVIOUS RULING THAT
THIS COURT LACKS JURISDICTION
TO ENTERTAIN KELLEY'S
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS
OF HIS CONFINEMENT. NOW, OF
COURSE, THIS IS A DEVELOPING
STORY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO