R. Kelly Sues Tasha K, Federal Bureau Of Prison Over Alleged Leak Of Private Information
Just when you thought gossip blogger, Tasha K — born Latasha Kebe — learned her lesson, she ends up being named in a lawsuit initiated by R. Kelly. The disgraced singer-songwriter is suing the Federal Bureau of Prison over allegations that they leaked confidential information about him to Kebe.
In a compliant filed on Monday (Nov. 13) in Chicago federal court, Kelly claims an unnamed Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee illegally accessed his digital prison records, which include recordings of phone calls to his girlfriend and legal team, and sold them to Kebe, who then aired the audio online.
Jennifer Bonjean, Kelly’s attorney, wrote in the filing, “The defendant United States of America breached its duty of care to the plaintiff when it allowed countless BOP officers to access plaintiff’s confidential information without any legal basis to do so.”
The lawsuit also named Kebe as a defendant in the case and noted that she “rallied her massive following to harass the plaintiff with the use of the stolen information and created chaos in plaintiff’s personal life.” According to the complaint, the leak reportedly left Kelly “isolated and fearful to communicate with his attorneys or other third parties,” because he knew it could be “released to the general public for mass exploitation.”
In the lawsuit, Kelly stated that Kebe first publicized his private information in November 2019 in a video titled “R. Kelly Can’t Control his Girlfriends while Behind Bars.” The clip featured information she said came from a “phone tap somewhere.”
On the matter, Kelly’s legal team expressed, “The communications… related to personal and family problems, romantic interests, health problems, literacy issues, and issues related to the defense of his pending criminal cases.” After an unnamed agent pulled Kelly’s records and scanned them, the records were sent to third parties including Kebe, but no charges were ever brought up and the government refused to reveal that person’s identity and anything pertinent to that investigation.
“In short, there has been a cover-up of the rampant BOP misconduct that is ongoing,” said Bonjean.
Kelly’s lawyers are suing over negligence, an invasion of his privacy, an intentional infliction of emotional distress, civil theft, and civil conspiracy. They also say the officer who stole the records violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes computer hacking illegal.
Kelly was convicted in September 2021 on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. A year later, he was convicted on separate federal charges of child pornography and enticement of minors for sex. Currently, he is appealing both convictions, but was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Kebe lost Cardi B’s $3.9 million defamation lawsuit against her and has since filed for bankruptcy to evade the mandated settlement.
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