R Kelly’s attorney has demanded the singer be released from jail after he was allegedly attacked behind bars by another inmate.
Steve Greenberg said his client was attacked at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in Chicago, Illinois, where Kelly is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty to dozens of state and federal sex crime charges.
The extent of the injuries are not known, Mr Greenberg said on Twitter. He wrote: “Yesterday we were told that an inmate had attacked R Kelly at the MCC in Chicago.
We received conflicting reports as to the extent of his injuries. We have not been provided any information from the jail, nor has Mr Kelly called.
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