Washington, June 18 -- R&B singer R Kelly, convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in 2021, has found himself at the centre of a dramatic new legal dispute after he was rushed to a hospital following an apparent drug overdose.

The 58-year-old singer, who is currently serving time at the Federal Correctional Institute in Butner, North Carolina, is now back in solitary confinement after being treated for what his attorney claims was a lethal overdose administered by prison officials, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

According to a court filing by Kelly's lawyer, Beau Brindley, the singer was hospitalised at Duke University Hospital in Durham on June 13 after suffering serious health complications, including black spots in his vision a...