Inside R. Kelly’s Life Behind Bars (Exclusive)

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Disgraced Singer Remains Held Without Bail For Alleged Serial Sex Abuse Of School Girls

R. Kelly’s transition from an international celebrity to a jailed accused pedophile has been anything but smooth.

That’s according to court papers that the feds just filed in connection to his child sex abuse case, which reveals details of his life in prison – including the fact that he went through three different cellmates in less than two weeks.

R. Kelly has been locked up since July in two simultaneous federal sex abuse cases where prosecutors alleged that he preyed on young women and girls for several years with impunity. He has pled not guilty and has been held without bail pending trial.

Since being locked up, the feds described R. Kelly as being a nightmare inmate who has defied staff orders at least once and waffles between wanting to spend his days in general population and in housing for special needs prisoners.

U.S. Attorney John Lausch said Kelly himself initially chose to stay in the special housing unit when he first arrived at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center because of perceived threats and there being “too many people” there.

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Lausch said Kelly made his thoughts clear in a recorded phone call:

“…Defendant stated that the MCC staff told him that he could “try it [general population] in a couple of days to see what it looked like but they can’t guarantee nothing,’” Kelly said, according to Lausch. “‘You know, and that’s why, I was like, hmmm, too many people up on you and I done seen too many movies, you know, and it’s just, and then I’m so popular here, it’s like yeah man.’”

Kelly’s lawyers have since argued for the singer to be put in general population, a request that was granted on Sept. 3 according to court papers.

The feds made the revelations to support their contentions that the “Step In The Name Of Love” artist should stay in more restrictive jail housing.

Lausch said Kelly went through three cellmates in eleven days – with one roomie lasting just two days with the disgraced singer before he was turfed out.

The U.S. Attorney also said despite the restrictions of the special needs housing Kelly gets indoor recreation time three times a week and has had three phone calls and seven visits from people other than his lawyers. Kelly gets access to the jail’s commissary and likes to eat snacks like Snickers bars, according to court documents obtained by BOSSIP.