{"id":4528,"date":"2026-03-13T17:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/r-kelly-removed-from-isolation-lawyer-claims-he-was-held-without-cause\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:48:42","slug":"r-kelly-removed-from-isolation-lawyer-claims-he-was-held-without-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/r-kelly-removed-from-isolation-lawyer-claims-he-was-held-without-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Kelly Removed From Isolation, Lawyer Claims He Was Held \u2018Without Cause\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After nearly two weeks, R.Kelly has been released from solitary confinement. Last month, it was reported that Kelly had landed himself in isolation after it was discovered he possessed a retired prison warden\u2019s number.<\/a> Following the discovery, an investigation was launched. Now, his lawyer, Beau Brindley, is saying the singer was unfairly held without cause. \u201cMr. Kelly has been released from special housing. No impropriety whatsoever was found with respect to his possession of the telephone number of a former prison official,\u201d Brindley told Los Angeles Magazine<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was kept in special housing for approximately two weeks without legitimate cause before the facility was compelled to release him.\u201d The former warden, whose name hasn\u2019t been revealed, gave Kelly his cell number prior to his retirement in case he needed to seek advice about an ongoing mentor program. Not long after, Kelly\u2019s cellmate was busted with a phone. A sweep of their cell was made, and it was discovered that a notebook, belonging to Kelly, contained the warden\u2019s number.<\/p>\n

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CHICAGO, IL \u2013 SEPTEMBER 17: Singer R. Kelly turns to leave after appearing at a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on September 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Kelly is facing multiple sexual assault charges and is being held without bail. (Photo by Antonio Perez \u2013 Pool via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

R. Kelly, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is currently serving a 30-year sentence in federal prison for racketeering and sex trafficking. The singer\u2019s release date was recently revealed to be in 2045, meaning the singer would be nearly 80 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After nearly two weeks, R.Kelly has been released from solitary confinement. Last month, it was reported that Kelly had landed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":4602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}