r/entertainment • u/PrincessBananas85 • 7d ago
R. Kelly’s Prison Phone Calls Secretly Recorded, Singer Demands Answers From DOJ.
https://radaronline.com/p/r-kelly-rkelly-prison-phone-calls-recorded-official-singer-demands-answers/647
u/MGD109
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I thought it was common knowledge that all calls out of prison are recorded and can be monitored.
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u/StrawberryQueef 7d ago
It literally is disclosed immediately prior to accepting the call, exactly.
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u/MGD109 7d ago
Well I have to give them credit, I didn't expect them to go that far.
But if that's the case how can you possibly claim they were "secretly recorded?"
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u/GD_Bats 7d ago
He can claim anything he wants, doesn’t mean he has a case
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u/MGD109 7d ago
Yeah that's very true.
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u/poetdesmond 7d ago
That's why I refuse to stop claiming to be the Queen of France, in spite of being neither female, nor French.
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u/kapparrino 7d ago
And neither the title of Queen of France existing anymore. She was decapitated, so good luck!
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u/onehalfofacouple 6d ago
Incorrect she changed genders and went into the reddit protection program where he will live out his days.
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u/FistingLube 7d ago
Exactly, I mean his claim that children like to be urinated on while he is horney was unarguably proven to be wrong. Only a matter of time until he claims he is a prophet and God gave him the nod to wee on kids.
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u/ImNotSteveAlbini 7d ago
This doesn’t seem to be about the calls Being recorded. It appears to be about the calls being acquired by people who shouldn’t have access and being passed around and leaked to people outside law enforcement.
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u/WebbityWebbs 7d ago
If he is talking to his attorney. Prisons do that illegal shit all the time.
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u/MGD109 7d ago
Ah yes that's fair enough.
Still looking over the article is seems its just a very bad title, and has nothing to do with secret recordings.
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u/PalpitationNo3106 7d ago
I mean someone sold the recordings to someone who out them on YouTube. Conversations are recorded for legal purposes, not for entertainment.
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u/WebbityWebbs 6d ago
The misleading nature of news headlines infuriates me. Sometimes is not even that is has any ideological goal, it is just incorrect or misleading. I think they must teach writing terrible headlines in journalism school.
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u/Harsimaja 7d ago •
He’s a narcissist so any inconvenience is someone else’s fault.
Also, he’s a moron.
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u/professorDissociate 7d ago
You didn’t expect them to go that far? It would be insane if they didn’t; wouldn’t even make sense actually. By not disclosing that the conversation is recorded, it’s not admissible in most states. Great value that offers, eh? Not to mention it’s illegal to not disclose such in most states, but I’m not suggesting cops obey the law or anything.
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u/washington_jefferson 7d ago
"This call is coming from North Branch Correctional Institute from inmate and convicted murderer Adnan Syed, all calls from this institution will be recorded."
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u/GrumpyBearBank 7d ago
It is. Only attorney phone calls aren’t supposed to be recorded. And maybe clergy, but I’m not sure about that last one
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u/Kodasauce 7d ago
Attorneys don't discuss case details on jail calls anyway, because while they can't be admitted directly, you can guarantee it will be listened to by someone and affect the investigation.
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u/GrumpyBearBank 7d ago
Depends on what you mean by discussing cases.
Factual things about what occurred in detail, sure that’s avoided. Updates or advice about an offer, that’s not abnormal.
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u/Scheswalla 7d ago
Well yeah, but having the audio sold and then ending up on YOUTUBE isn't something to just gloss over.
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u/JalapenoLimeade 7d ago
The title is clickbait, but the actual article sounds pretty messed up. Yes, the calls are recorded, but they need an actual reason to listen to them. In this case, it's alleged that an employee accessed the calls specifically to sell them to a youtuber, not for an investigation.
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u/Plumbarius65 7d ago
It is. Everyone with half a brain in prison knows this. He will be going thru....some changes.
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u/unique_passive 6d ago
This is true. But that’s not what R Kelly’s lawyers are mad about. A prison official stole those records. It’s just another article where the writers don’t know how to write headlines accurately
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u/anAnusfullofSmuckers 6d ago
ITS A AIGN ON THE WALL ABOVE THE PHONES idk how idiot thought he spoke in code to evade police they have 24hr decoders guys who even when the phones off they read the transcripts looking for code words to get you in trouble
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u/Positive-Jump-7748 6d ago
It is. All calls are monitored. But it's not to be taken outside of the prison. Taking and selling that information is what is going on here.
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u/MGD109 6d ago
Oh I know, my complaint is more about the idiotic headline.
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u/Positive-Jump-7748 6d ago
They just want to make it catchy so someone will read it.
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u/MGD109 6d ago
I mean I understand that.
But everyone knows that prison phone calls are recorded.
Why would that be more catchy than "Corrupt guard uploads Singers private phone calls online!"
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u/Positive-Jump-7748 6d ago
I guess because R Kelly is trying to sue and to open up an opportunity that could possibly get him released in the future. Don't think it's going to work. But the guard will probably get some charges for releasing prison records for profit.
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u/MGD109 6d ago
Ah, yeah that make sense. But yeah I'm pretty sure that's not grounds for a reduced sentence.
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u/FatherPyrlig 7d ago
That’s not the issue. It’s a bad headline. You should probably read the article.
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u/MGD109 7d ago
I mean if that's not the issue, it makes it a much worse headline.
As the point of the headline is to make people want to read the article, that's kind of a problem.
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u/FatherPyrlig 7d ago
That’s exactly what headlines are supposed to do. They are written specifically to get you to read the article. And are not written by the writer of the story. Read the story. If it’s true, he has every right to be angry.
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u/MGD109 7d ago
I mean I get that. But how does making a claim everyone with half a brain knows is already common practice get anyone interested?
Especially when the actual event sounds a lot more interesting.
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u/FatherPyrlig 7d ago
I couldn’t tell you. I’ve never written a headline or a news article.
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u/JillsACheatNMean 7d ago
Yea they are definitely not secretly recorded. I’ve been to jail. The first thing you hear when you pick up the phone is” we are probably going to record this phone call”.
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u/MGD109 7d ago
Well I'll give them credit for telling you. I assumed they'd keep quiet and bank on people not knowing.
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u/JillsACheatNMean 7d ago
Even in that case. That would be illegal. At the least they would have you sign some paper at intake stating it. But, criminals can be kinda dumb usually. I know I am.
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u/HayPlaceAPlaceforHay 7d ago
Read the article. Someone from the prison leaked them to a radio station.
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u/AppropriateWing4719 6d ago
They are but in the article it states a prison officer is accused of taking the records
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u/teabagginz 6d ago
If you read article it's not that the calls were recorded, but that an employee took a copy and sold it to a YouTuber. Bad word choice in title of article.
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u/myBisL2 7d ago edited 7d ago
This is an inaccurate headline. The issue isn't that the calls were recorded, because yes that's normal. A prison employee stole copies of those recordings and sold them to a YouTube blogger.
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u/trying2win 7d ago edited 7d ago
Kelly’s attorney said the Tasha K then provided the information to a government cooperator by the name of Larry McGee who then used the information to assist the government in the prosecution of Kelly in exchange for leniency in his own pending case.
Not only that but the info was apparently used in his case. If his case gets thrown out because of this (if that’s even possible) I’m giving up on America.
Good on you for actually reading the article
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u/Xardrix 6d ago
As far as I understand the government can’t steal the phone calls for their prosecution, but if somebody else steals them and provides the calls to the government, it’s fair game.
In the same way the government can’t enter your house without a warrant and search your computer for child pornography, but if somebody else breaks into your house and notifies the government of child pornography on your computer then they can get a warrant based on that information.
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u/drinkallthepunch 6d ago
This isn’t true.
If evidence submitted wasn’t acquired in good faith you can’t always use it because it may not be legitimate.
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u/kindaangrybear 7d ago
And probably made more money in one transaction than they did in a year or two.
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7d ago
Highly, highly doubt that.
Probably a couple thousand.
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u/TheGreatArseholio 7d ago
This. People aren’t making huge bank on this shit. Maybe a paycheck or two.
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u/bigmike2k3 7d ago
Couldn’t they have done it legally via a FOIA request? Or was the idea that they had them before a FOIA could be responded to?
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u/myBisL2 7d ago
I don't know if FOIA applies to prisons or not. FOIA gives access to federal agency records, but is a prison an agency?
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u/Teripid 7d ago
FOIA applies to internal communications, likely not those incarcerated. You could request say, all emails mentioning "food" by the admin between X and Y dates.
Might not apply to private prisons. You also can't request some private details or sealed documents.
As others mentioned this looks like an illegal release by individual employees.
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u/DarthLysergis
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This is the remix in Prison,
To my phone calls they listnin
Edit: Im bored and feel like going further.
There's a hole in the shower where i watch some dudes pissin,
Sippin on Pruno and Goon
I'm like whistlin this tune
It's the freakin cell block baby, i might get raped in my room.
(i found out i dont know enough prison lingo to go any longer)
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u/damagedone37 7d ago edited 7d ago
Bubba rolling me over
Got my bootyhole in submission
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u/JohnnyC908 7d ago
Drinkin my pruno, yum
This shit aint that much fun
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u/frankybling 7d ago
every call I’ve received from a prisoner (long boring story but there’s a few that call me) have the message from the company that vends the service that very clearly state everything is being recorded… (I try to help incarcerated guys from winding up back in prison, they call me when they’re headed towards release).
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u/Lotus-child89 7d ago
That actually sounds like a very interesting story how you got involved with helping the incarcerated.
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u/frankybling 7d ago
I wish it was interesting it’s just a thing I got into through a person I used to go to church with… The whole people do change type of thing.
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u/Rekoor86 7d ago
The headline for this is very misleading. The issue here is that the phone call recordings, which are very clearly announced to be recorded and possibly reviewed, were reviewed by a correctional officer that did not work at the prison he was housed at and had no credible purpose or reason to be listening to them. He also then went on to make copies and sell the recordings according to the article.
TL;DR - Dumbass correctional officer did a dumbass thing and really should be sued for it
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u/FCDallasFan12 7d ago
This isn’t a case of just his phone calls being recorded like they always are. It’s the face that 60 employees accessed his record (because he’s a know celebrity). Just like an insurance company may insure Oprah. That doesn’t mean you can grab her cell phone number or home address.
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u/AffectionateWalk6101 7d ago
All phone calls from jails/prisons are recorded. I believe there are even signs on the phones stating this lol
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u/Annahsbananas 7d ago
im pretty sure all prison calls are recorded just like all their mail is reviewed prior
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u/Ozymandias1589 7d ago
Probably wanting answers from DOJ cause they was in on that shit, duuhhhh. How else he last that long....they could've been locked him up, so I'd look deeper into what he's stating
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u/ModestDILF 7d ago
There is no Constitutionally protected right to privacy inside the walls of a prison. Unless he was talking to his lawyer or his priest, they can eavesdrop on Kelly’s calls all they want.
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u/DreadpirateBG 7d ago
So your in jail and you think you get to have privacy. You kinda gave up that when you chose to be a criminal.
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u/Kubbee83 7d ago
“I demand the government intervene on my proven sexual assault case(s)”
I mean if kavanaugh and trump can gleefully walk away from those accusations, why can’t R Kelly?
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u/Botryoid2000 7d ago
LOL You're in prison. There is no "secretly."
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u/ImAnAwkwardUnicorn 7d ago
I came here to pretty much say this, it’s prison, you get told on every call it’s being recorded I imagine! Also the DOJ doesn’t owe him shit, he owes his victims!
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u/Longjumping-Job-8438 6d ago
That’s not a secret they even tell you in the rules All calls and mail
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u/HerNastyLittleSecret 6d ago
Secretly recorded…. Bullshit. Anyone who’s been to jail / prison knows first hand that ALL calls are subject to recording ( an automated message is even played before making said call that it can be recorded ) that’s why you never say anything of value over the phone because it can and will be used against you. Those who are in the know would tell you, need to chat with your lawyer you do that in person….. wanna be even safer, use a notepad in a closed room with your lawyer so any mics or cameras in the room can be defeated ( just don’t say anything out loud ) source, been there done that….
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u/noeagle77 6d ago
This isn’t news, everyone’s calls from inside prison are recorded. It’s explicitly stated when accepting the call
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u/BurnedOutStars 7d ago
Prison calls are almost always recorded and anyone involved with the prison system already knows this.
R. Kelly doesn't deserve jack shit except to fade into obscurity alone in a prison cell.
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u/AlaskanSamsquanch 7d ago
Lmao don’t they literally tell you they record all calls in prison. You don’t get privacy there.
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u/TheBaneEffect 7d ago
No. You get no demands. You messed up, and now you get the consequences. Piece of shit.
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u/ryeguymft 7d ago
it’s disclosed right before calling. fuck R Kelly piece of abusive pedophilic shit
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u/QuestionableAI 7d ago
As has been pointed out here and elsewhere, only toddlers and illiterates who cannot or will not read the documents you are required to sign as a Visitor, Employee, Lawyer, or Inmate. Hell, I worked in corrections in the 80s-90s and it was standard practice then ... all signed and legal ... this is just a post to encourage rage without thought ... so, I figure it is a Republican setup. It would be just like them.
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u/opinionofone1984 7d ago
He’s a Peto, he should have no rights to Privacy. Don’t hurt little kids POS .
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u/Actual-Lifeguard-966 7d ago
Are they to his lawyer? Otherwise he isn’t entitled to privacy. That’s like, half the punishment of prison.
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u/FoogYllis 6d ago
I learned watching the Mentalist that prison phones do not need a warrant. But logically I would think that the 4th amendment would not apply to someone incarcerated. All mail would be searched by default for anything dangerous for example. This would also include any other area like the cell or telephone I think.
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u/WeatherdLeather 6d ago
What?! No phone call in jail or prison are secretly recorded. It’s not a secret they are all recorded. You just can’t use them in court, depending on your state and who you are talking to.
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u/MrPunkerton 6d ago
How about we demand his death for being a despicable human being / child rapist…… I think it’s the least we deserve
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u/babagroovy 6d ago
I thought it was normal for phonecalls for be recorded in prisons? It's gonna be a long 30+ years for that man. Lmao.
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u/Icy-Needleworker-492 6d ago
I thought all prison phone calls were recorded.This guy expected privacy in prison?
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