R. Kelly‘s lawyers claim their customer was crushed even though powering bars, and no one at the correctional facility “elevated a finger” to avoid the assault.

According to CNN, Kelly’s authorized team designed the claim in courtroom paperwork submitted Friday. His lawyers say surveillance movie at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago displays an inmate had “roamed a wonderful length … ahead of carrying out that act, without the need of any opposition.” The attorneys say Kelly suffered “considerable actual physical and psychological accidents” owing to the August assault.

“An unresolved problem continues to be as to no matter if MCC staff inspired, and then authorized, a beating of Mr. Kelly to take location,” Michael Leonard, a lawyer for R. Kelly, wrote. “That on your own merits an evidentiary listening to.”

CNN reports an inmate named Jeremiah Farmer—a convicted member of the Latin Kings avenue gang—recognized himself as Kelly’s attacker in a court filing very last month. Farmer claimed he conquer Kelly in an attempt to carry media focus to his possess racketeering situation.

An MCC guard, identified as “D. Szyhowski,” was reportedly assembly with Farmer appropriate before the assault. The employee promises Farmer dismissed his orders to remain in his place of work and managed to enter Kelly’s cell and commenced punching him in the head and torso. Szyhowski states he then used pepper spray and demanded Farmer to stop the assault. Farmer reportedly followed the order and exited the cell.