R Kelly was sentenced to 30 years' jail for sex trafficking and abusing young girls. Photo / AP
R Kelly's lawyers are reportedly suing the "gulag" jail where he is being held for $161 million.
The convicted sex predator's attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, announced the action on Friday, saying it was the result of the singer "illegally" being placed on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC), Brooklyn,
where he was jailed after being sentenced to 30 years for sex trafficking and abusing young girls.
He is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, though it has now been reported the docket suggests Kelly is seeking $161 million.
It is the same jail where convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, is incarcerated.
Bonjean said on Twitter, "This evening we sued the MDC Brooklyn for illegally confining R. Kelly to suicide watch."
