R. Kelly was hospitalized for an overdose after prison staff gave him "an amount of medicine that could have killed him" and was later forcibly removed from a hospital against medical advice, his lawyer alleged in a statement to CBS News and a federal court filing.

The singer was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in 2021 and is serving a prison sentence in North Carolina.

Kelly’s lawyers filed an emergency motion for his release, alleging that Kelly was being targeted for murder by prison officials. In their filing, Kelly’s team included a sworn declaration from Mikeal Glenn Stine that prison officials asked him to murder Kelly,