Looks like R.Kelly was moved moved from a Chicago correctional center to a medium-security prison in Granville County last week to serve his prison sentence, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The 56-year-old recording artists is reportedly being held in Federal Correctional Institution Butner Medium I, according to the prison website. The Butner federal correctional institutions, which include medium- and low-security prisons and a federal medical center, are located about 15 miles north of downtown Durham.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Benjamin O’Cone revealed the information Monday via email saying, “Kelly was moved to Butner FCI which is a medium security facility. He was always going to be designated to a BOP facility other than MCC so this is not a surprise even if we don’t always get advance notice of the timing. He continues to suffer from health issues caused by medical negligence at the MCC Chicago. We are hopeful that Butner will ensure that his medical needs are met. In the meantime, we have filed his brief in the Second Circuit which challenges his unjust conviction and 30 year sentence. Many fights ahead of us!” she said.
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As we previously reported, Kelly’s team is looking to appeal his 30 year sentence after they officially filed an appeal on April 19. The R&B singer’s lawyers believe he was wrongfully convicted. According to TMZ, Kellz believes his verdict should be overturned due to a potentially biased jury who didn’t understand that he was misled by about the age of the minors he had relations with. The appeal was filed by his attorney Jennifer Bonjean on Tuesday and they are seeking to appeal the court’s conviction or sit in front of a judge for a new trial.
As most of know, R. Kelly was convicted last year on six counts of sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor in a case stemming from the complaints of women who said he lured them into sex acts while they were underage and accusations that he conspired to intimidate and bribe witnesses.
The decision by a federal jury came on the second day of deliberations and came one year after Kelly was convicted in New York on charges of federal racketeering and sex trafficking. He is serving a 30-year prison sentence in that case.
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Kelly had faced 13 counts, including charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, receipt of child pornography, enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct, conspiring to obstruct justice and conspiring to receive child pornography. He was acquitted on seven counts, including all of the charges related to conspiracy.
Kelly had been accused by prosecutors of engaging in sex acts with five minors and recording some of the abuse on multiple videos.
During the trial, spread across five weeks, jurors heard from several of Kelly’s alleged victims who all testified that they were underage when Kelly began sexually abusing them.