R Kelly Jail Investigation: Warden Telephone Quantity Lands Singer in Gap

Earlier this week, AllHipHop completely reported that R. Kelly is again within the gap at his North Carolina federal jail. Now we all know why: a telephone quantity that belonged to a retired warden.

Jail officers at FCI Butner Medium 1 positioned the R&B singer within the Particular Housing Unit whereas they examine how he obtained the contact data. His lawyer, Beau Brindley, claimed the entire thing is a misunderstanding.

The drama began when Kelly joined a mentor program on the jail. This system was designed to assist inmates information different prisoners. The warden who ran this system gave Kelly his private cellphone quantity earlier than retiring.

“He gave Kelly his cellphone quantity in case the convicted felon wanted to succeed in out to him to hunt recommendation in regards to the mentor program,” Brindley stated.

However Kelly’s cellmate obtained busted with a contraband cell phone. That’s when the whole lot went sideways. Jail guards searched their shared cell after discovering the unlawful telephone.

They found the retired warden’s quantity written in Kelly’s pocket book. Officers instantly moved Kelly to solitary confinement.

The Particular Housing Unit is jail slang for “the outlet.” Inmates spend as much as 23 hours a day locked in a cell with extreme restrictions.

R. Kelly is serving 30 years in 2021 for racketeering, bribery and unlawful intercourse with minors in New York. Then Chicago federal courtroom hit him with 20 extra years in 2022 for little one pornography and engaging a minor.

The 58-year-old singer maintains his innocence. His authorized crew continues combating each convictions by appeals.

The timing disrupted preparation for R. Kelly’s movement for a brand new trial in Chicago federal courtroom. His authorized crew accuses prosecutors of misconduct in that case.