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Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly is pleading for President Trump's help, claiming there's a plot to kill him in prison
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The singer, whose full name is Robert Kelly, is serving a 30-year sentence in a North Carolina prison for sex trafficking and abuse of minors
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He's also serving a concurrent 20-year sentence in Chicago for similar charges
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A 20-page emergency motion filed Tuesday and obtained by Variety reveals his legal team is demanding an immediate release to home detention
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They claim authorities tried to enlist another inmate to have Kelly killed and say they have evidence to prove it
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The motion includes a sworn statement from a terminally ill Aryan Brotherhood gang leader who alleges that authorities offered him freedom to spend his last days outside if he killed Kelly
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That inmate allegedly confronted Kelly in March, but backed out at the last moment, telling him about the plot
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Now, Kelly's team claims that same inmate and Kelly himself are targeted again by a second gang member, ordered to kill them both
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Kelly has long denied all accusations, which even date back to his 1994 marriage to the late singer Aaliyah
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who was only 15 at the time, despite a marriage certificate claiming she was 18
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Kelly was 27. I didn't do this stuff. This is not me. I'm fighting for my life
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Kelly's attorneys argue his case falls in line with the kind of justice President Trump claims to fight for, like his recent high-profile pardons, including reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chris Lee
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With Straight Arrow News, I'm Kennedy Felton. Download our app or visit san.com for more
