A fellow inmate attacked R. Kelly in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, one of his lawyers. `Kelly was in his cell on his bed when another inmate came in and started to punch him,` attorney Doug Anton said. `The assault was stopped almost immediately and Kelly didn't sustain any injuries. The other inmate claimed he assaulted Kelly because he's been on lockdown at the institution a couple of times, and he was tired of being locked down. He apologized to Kelly.` TMZ says R. Kelly protesters have caused the facility to be put on lockdown multiple times. The altercation is the latest incident in the disgraced R&B singer's downfall. Earlier this month, the FBI confirmed that his manager, Donnell Russell, called in the gun threat that interrupted the premiere of the documentary Surviving.

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R. Kelly. Russell is also one of three men recently arrested for alleged witness intimidation in Kelly's Brooklyn Federal Court sex-trafficking case. (He also faces charges in Illinois and Minnesota.) Kelly, who pleaded not guilty to alleged racketeering and sexual-abuse charges, including knowingly exposing two people to herpes, is awaiting trial.