The R&B singer was said to be sat on his bed when a fellow inmate from the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in assaulted him, according to TMZ.Speaking to the New York Post, Kelly's lawyer Steven Greenberg said that he had been placed in solitary confinement as "that's the only place they can protect him".The alleged attacker was apparently angry about the prison's governor stopping visits at the centre, on more than one occasion, due to the number of Kelly's fans protesting outside the facility."My understanding is, every time there is a pro-R Kelly protest outside of the jail, they lock down the entire facility," Mr Greenberg said."When they do this, inmates don't get their commissary, they don't get their shower, stuff like that and.
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