R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday (June 29) and promptly put on suicide watch despite his attorney Jennifer Bonjean denying any such notion. As a result, the disgraced singer filed a lawsuit against the federal government, which has reportedly been resolved.
According to newly filed court documents obtained by TMZ, Metropolitan Detention Center Warden Heriberto H. Tellez, one of the defendants in the suit, removed Kelly from suicide watch on Tuesday (July 5) following a “clinical assessment.”
In another post-sentencing press conference, Bonjean said she planned to appeal, noting the additional Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organization (RICO) act charge was “inappropriate.”
“These were not a RICO act violation,” Bonjean said at the 2:36-minute mark. “These were isolated events that happened many years and the government simply tried to plead around the statute of limitations to bring in a RICO charge, which was inappropriate. All I can tell you is there was no enterprise. There was no enterprise. It was one man with allegations by a number of women, which doesn’t make it an enterprise, and that is why he’s not guilty of racketeering.
Bonjean added she was “excited” about the appeal and “confident” their arguments will persuade the court of appeals.