R Kelly ‘feared he would be attacked’ before inmate jumped him in his cell

metro.co.uk:

animosity against him is largely due to some of the prison guards telling inmates the reason they had to go on lockdown was due to protests outside of the jail for R Kelly.They claim that it is ‘strange for guards to announce this to the inmates and that caused the other prisoners to have an issue with R Kelly.It was also claimed that R Kelly overheard his alleged attacker outside his cell three weeks before the incident, speaking on a phone and saying things which indicated he may attack him, which R Kelly flagged to a guard.R Kelly, 53, also allegedly told a doctor that he wished the guards would stop telling everyone that he was the reason for lockdown, as well as telling two other guards he was worried for his safety, which his legal.