R. Kelly’s Lawyer
Singer Sympathizes With Diddy …
Says Black Entertainers Are Below Siege
Revealed
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R. Kelly and Diddy have one thing in widespread … each males have been accused of racketeering and intercourse trafficking — and although the 2 aren’t precisely buddies, Kelly says he feels for Diddy, who’s at the moment on trial, and says Black entertainers as a complete are below siege by the feds.
TMZ caught up with considered one of Kelly’s attorneys, Beau Brindley, who spoke to us about his well-known shopper, who was simply positioned in solitary confinement after receiving demise threats from white supremacists in a federal jail in North Carolina.
Brindley factors out Kelly and Diddy should not buddies — and “removed from it” — however Kelly nonetheless has sympathy for Diddy over his present state of affairs … as everybody is aware of, Diddy is dealing with a long time behind bars if convicted on racketeering, intercourse trafficking and different costs at his federal prison trial in NYC.
The lawyer then goes after regulation enforcement … telling us the feds are particularly concentrating on Black entertainers and judging them on their sexual preferences. He says the feds are abusing prison statutes by prosecuting them for what occurs behind closed doorways.
Brindley additionally talked to us about wanting Trump to pardon the R&B singer. He says he is hopeful Kelly makes the president’s pardon record and thinks Kelly might need a great likelihood since Trump is aware of what it is prefer to be on the federal radar.
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As we reported this week, Brindley filed a movement asking for Kelly to be launched from jail after discovering white supremacists had been plotting to allegedly homicide his shopper. Jail officers put Kelly in solitary confinement for his personal security after the extremist group additionally threatened to poison his meals, making Kelly too paranoid to eat. However, Brinley says, he desires Kelly out of isolation and jail altogether, requesting {that a} choose grant Kelly dwelling confinement. The choose has but to rule on the movement.
In 2021, Kelly was convicted of racketeering and intercourse trafficking at his New York federal trial. A yr later, he was discovered responsible of kid pornography and enticement of minors for intercourse in an Illinois federal courtroom. He is now serving a mixed 31 years in jail.
In the meantime, Diddy’s trial is in its twenty second day of testimony, so we’ll have to attend and see some time longer whether or not Diddy joins the convicted celebrities membership.