R Kelly Removed From Suicide Watch At Brooklyn Federal Prison

Category: Entertainment News

R. Kelly was removed from suicide watch Tuesday morning following a clinical assessment, according to a letter filed by prosecutors in federal court.

The disgraced R&B artist was placed on suicide watch after he was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison on s3x trafficking and racketeering charges, according to court documents filed Saturday.

Kelly, 55, whose legal name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, sued the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, its warden and unnamed employees, along with the United States itself, for placing him under suicide watch supervision, the documents show.

Kelly alleged he was “placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment even though he was not suicidal,” according to the federal government’s response to his filing.

Attorneys for the prison said Kelly’s claims should be dismissed because he “fails to show a substantial likelihood of success for relief,” court documents show.

The prison planned to keep Kelly under suicide watch because he matched the criteria to be put under supervision, according to the court documents.

The government argued that Kelly was asking the courts to micromanage custodial decisions that are left up to the discretion of expert prison managers.