Even behind bars, R. Kelly wants the money he feels owed. As a result, he’s going after the federal government.
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The disgraced singer is suing the United States government so he can return his commissary funds, per court documents.
Kelly is suing the United States government because, in March 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Heather Williams, an alleged victim of the singer, was entitled to access to all of the Chicago singer’s funds from his label, which was valued at $1.5 million.
This isn’t what Kelly wanted, so a year later, he’s trying to get them back.
The announcement for the hearing, which is scheduled for Monday, read, “The defendant is appealing his conviction and the government’s seizure of his substantial Bureau of Prisons commissary account to satisfy the financial penalties imposed in …