R. Kelly Was Nearly Stabbed With A Pen During Prison Attack

New details surrounding R. Kelly's scary encounter with an inmate have been revealed.

After word spread that the disgraced R&B singer, 53, was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, where he is awaiting trial on federal sexual abuse charges, Page Six has reported that the attacker was quite "violent" and tried to stab him with a pen. According to the outlet, Kelly was sleeping in his cell when the inmate crept into his space and started "stomping on [Kelly's] head, repeatedly," according to his attorney Steven Greenberg.

In a new motion filed by Greenberg, the attorney asked the court to release the star on bail and went on to detail the incident, in which "an ink pen with him that he was going to use to stab Mr. Kelly." The inmate's plan did not go according to plan as he was stopped by others before he could use the pen. Afterward, Kelly was examined by a doctor, who determined that no serous injuries arose from the attack. "This is an inmate that never should have been anywhere near Mr. Kelly, an individual who is charged with the most violent of crimes, and one who plainly has no respect for the rules, he has the phrase ‘Fu*k The Feds’ tattooed on his face," Greenberg said.

While Kelly has mostly remained in his jail cell to ensure his safety, the star was transferred to solitary confinement after the attack. As for the reasoning for the attack, the inmate was allegedly upset over recent lockdowns caused by the peaceful protests outside of the jail in honor of the star. Greenberg has since proposed that the star live in an apartment with his girlfriend close to the courthouse with electronic monitoring.

Meanwhile, Kelly is also awaiting trial on a series of child sex abuse charges in New York. Jury selection is set to begin on September 29.

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