Singer Robert 'R' Kelly was removed from suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn Tuesday, according to federal prosecutors.
Singer Robert"R" Kelly was removed from suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn Tuesday, according to federal prosecutors.
Kelly filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which runs the detention center, Friday. MDC Warden Heriberto H. Tellez is named in the suit."Plaintiff was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment even though he was not suicidal, causing him severe mental distress," the filing reads."Defendant knew that Plaintiff was not a suicide risk when they placed him under suicide watch subjecting him to cruel confinement.
Bonjean also alleges in the suit that the MDC"stonewalled" her requests to verify that Kelly was placed on suicide watch the second time. She did not receive any confirmation for the first 48 hours and responded by promptly filing the lawsuit.
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