NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- An attorney for R. Kelly is asking that the singer be released from federal custody to home detention, alleging that his life is at risk<\/li>\n
- The emergency motion filed with the court includes a declaration from fellow inmate Mikeal Stein, who alleged three prison officials instructed him to kill the disgraced musician<\/li>\n
- Kelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence after being convicted of federal racketeering and sex trafficking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
An attorney for\u00a0R. Kelly<\/a>\u00a0is alleging that the singer’s life is in danger and asking that he be removed from federal custody and placed on home detention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAn emergency motion for temporary furlough filed in federal court on Tuesday, June 10, and obtained by PEOPLE alleges that three officials with the Bureau of Prisons devised a plot to have Kelly killed by a fellow inmate.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe filing also includes a declaration from that inmate, Mikeal Glenn Stine, who alleges that he was asked to carry out this plot by three high-ranking individuals from the BOP while incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary Tucson in Arizona.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn the declaration, Stine claims to be a longtime member of the Aryan Brotherhood and alleges he even held the title of commissioner at one point, which gave him the “power to order beatings, stabbings, and executions that were carried out by other members of the A.B.”<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHe goes on to allege that it was a BOP official who had previously “directed [Stine] to order assaults, beatings, and killings of inmates” who approached him about ending Kelly’s life.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine claims that he was then transferred across the country to the Federal Correctional Institute Butner in North Carolina \u2014 the same facility where Kelly is serving his sentence \u2014 and eventually placed in the same unit as the singer.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOnce Stine completed his assignment, he alleges officials said he would be allowed to escape from custody and live his final months as a “free man,” an offer that he found appealing because he claims to have been diagnosed with terminal cancer at the time.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>R. Kelly.<\/span>Michael Tercha\/Chicago Tribune\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nStine alleges in the filing that an official also approached him shortly after he arrived at FCI Butner and said: “You need to do what you came here for.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHe says that after surveilling Kelly for weeks, he had a sudden change of heart and decided to inform the singer about the purported plot and how officials had allegedly tasked him with carrying out the execution.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine then claims in the filing that he will undergo a polygraph examination to establish that he is being truthful and also reveal the names of inmates whose beatings and killings he has participated in over the years.<\/p>\n
He is no stranger to legal actions, having filed well over 100 civil suits and petitions in federal court over the past two decades.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine was also convicted of threatening to assault and murder a federal magistrate judge and an assistant United States attorney back in 2015 for letters he sent from his prison cell.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKelly’s lawyer writes that, regardless of Stine’s past, in light of his claim, “drastic relief is warranted” to protect the singer’s life, saying: “Mr. Kelly’s continued incarceration while he knows his life is in jeopardy constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine also received a transfer from Arizona to North Carolina, as he claims in his declaration, according to BOP records.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage?\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nKelly’s attorney, Beau Brindley, tells PEOPLE that his client has been attacked in the past, and that his fears of a future incident are only heightened by his belief that officials inside the prison might not adequately, or outright refuse to, protect the singer.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“He is not safe in federal custody,” Brindley says. “And to keep him in prison while he is under threat like this is cruel and unusual punishment.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence<\/a>\u00a0after being\u00a0convicted of multiple charges\u00a0<\/a>of racketeering predicated on\u00a0criminal conduct in the Eastern District of New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThat conduct included the\u00a0sexual exploitation of children<\/a>, forced labor and violations of the Mann Act involving the coercion and\u00a0transportation of women and girls<\/a>\u00a0in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual activity<\/p>\n<\/div>\nA representative for the Bureau of Prisons did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- An attorney for R. Kelly is asking that the singer be released from federal custody to home detention, alleging that his life is at risk<\/li>\n
- The emergency motion filed with the court includes a declaration from fellow inmate Mikeal Stein, who alleged three prison officials instructed him to kill the disgraced musician<\/li>\n
- Kelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence after being convicted of federal racketeering and sex trafficking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
An attorney for\u00a0R. Kelly<\/a>\u00a0is alleging that the singer’s life is in danger and asking that he be removed from federal custody and placed on home detention.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAn emergency motion for temporary furlough filed in federal court on Tuesday, June 10, and obtained by PEOPLE alleges that three officials with the Bureau of Prisons devised a plot to have Kelly killed by a fellow inmate.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe filing also includes a declaration from that inmate, Mikeal Glenn Stine, who alleges that he was asked to carry out this plot by three high-ranking individuals from the BOP while incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary Tucson in Arizona.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn the declaration, Stine claims to be a longtime member of the Aryan Brotherhood and alleges he even held the title of commissioner at one point, which gave him the “power to order beatings, stabbings, and executions that were carried out by other members of the A.B.”<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHe goes on to allege that it was a BOP official who had previously “directed [Stine] to order assaults, beatings, and killings of inmates” who approached him about ending Kelly’s life.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine claims that he was then transferred across the country to the Federal Correctional Institute Butner in North Carolina \u2014 the same facility where Kelly is serving his sentence \u2014 and eventually placed in the same unit as the singer.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOnce Stine completed his assignment, he alleges officials said he would be allowed to escape from custody and live his final months as a “free man,” an offer that he found appealing because he claims to have been diagnosed with terminal cancer at the time.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>R. Kelly.<\/span>Michael Tercha\/Chicago Tribune\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Stine alleges in the filing that an official also approached him shortly after he arrived at FCI Butner and said: “You need to do what you came here for.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHe says that after surveilling Kelly for weeks, he had a sudden change of heart and decided to inform the singer about the purported plot and how officials had allegedly tasked him with carrying out the execution.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine then claims in the filing that he will undergo a polygraph examination to establish that he is being truthful and also reveal the names of inmates whose beatings and killings he has participated in over the years.<\/p>\n
He is no stranger to legal actions, having filed well over 100 civil suits and petitions in federal court over the past two decades.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine was also convicted of threatening to assault and murder a federal magistrate judge and an assistant United States attorney back in 2015 for letters he sent from his prison cell.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKelly’s lawyer writes that, regardless of Stine’s past, in light of his claim, “drastic relief is warranted” to protect the singer’s life, saying: “Mr. Kelly’s continued incarceration while he knows his life is in jeopardy constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nStine also received a transfer from Arizona to North Carolina, as he claims in his declaration, according to BOP records.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage?\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKelly’s attorney, Beau Brindley, tells PEOPLE that his client has been attacked in the past, and that his fears of a future incident are only heightened by his belief that officials inside the prison might not adequately, or outright refuse to, protect the singer.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n“He is not safe in federal custody,” Brindley says. “And to keep him in prison while he is under threat like this is cruel and unusual punishment.”<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKelly is currently serving a 30-year sentence<\/a>\u00a0after being\u00a0convicted of multiple charges\u00a0<\/a>of racketeering predicated on\u00a0criminal conduct in the Eastern District of New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThat conduct included the\u00a0sexual exploitation of children<\/a>, forced labor and violations of the Mann Act involving the coercion and\u00a0transportation of women and girls<\/a>\u00a0in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual activity<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nA representative for the Bureau of Prisons did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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