R. Kelly Remains on Suicide Watch Despite Attorney’s Protest

R. Kelly, the disgraced R&B singer found guilty by a federal jury on nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking last September, was sentenced to 30 years in prison last Wednesday. The 55-year-old Chicago-based singer is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. (Among his neighbors, Ghislaine Maxwell). On Friday, Kelly’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, told CNN the singer was placed on suicide watch by the prison. She claimed that her client had been particularly anxious about such a decision, and decried “the irony of putting someone on suicide watch when they’re not suicidal actually causes… Read Full Article