R. Kelly has filed suit against Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center MDC, after being placed on suicide watch.
The disgraced singer and his legal team claim Kelly is not suicidal. Instead, he was placed under the “harsh conditions” of suicide watch as a punishment.
On Wednesday, Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for various charges stemming from his decades-long racketeering and sex trafficking scheme.
An attorney for the convicted criminal filed the suit after learning his client was not returned to his cell as planned.
In court documents, the attorney laments there was no expressed concern over Kelly’s wellbeing before he was relocated.
The songwriter’s legal team said his celebrity status, and age were among the reasons MDC opted to move him.
