‘DEPLORABLE’

R. Kelly Files Lawsuit Alleging ‘Irreparable Harm’ After He’s Put on Suicide Watch

A lawsuit filed Friday alleges he was placed on suicide watch “as a form of punishment.”

R. Kelly has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Detention Complex in Brooklyn after he was placed on suicide watch. In the suit, filed Friday by his defense lawyer Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly alleges that he was placed on suicide watch “as a form of punishment,” despite not displaying any suicidal tendencies, and that he has suffered “serious and irreparable harm” as a result. Kelly, who was sentenced to 30 years for a slew of charges including kidnapping and sexual exploitation of children, has been alone in a cell at the Metropolitan Detention Complex in Brooklyn since Wednesday. Bonjean said she believes he’s tough enough to be in the general population. “He was absolutely fine,” Bonjean told New York’s Daily News. “He had adjusted just fine. The rank and file correctional officers understand this. They deal with him. This is higher-up policy that is deplorable.” Bonjean said Kelly’s segregation is likely because of his high profile and Jeffery Epstein’s suicide in prison in 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice, was also recently placed under suicide watch. “I’m sorry, where is the data that someone who is high profile is more likely to hurt himself?” Bonjean fumed.