R. Kelly's legal team wants him released on bond due to alleged health issues and limits on visits with his girlfriends.

Attorney Steve Greenberg, who represents Kelly, filed a motion on Monday seeking his client's release, according to The New York Daily News. The lawyer claimed the embattled singer is ill and not receiving proper medical treatment.

"Mr. Kelly has a number of health issues which need to be addressed and for which he is not presently receiving adequate medical care. This includes numbness in his hand, anxiety and an untreated hernia," said Greenberg.

Kelly is also unhappy with his visitation restrictions, according to The Chicago Tribune.

"Presently, he is only allowed one unrelated person to visit," Greenberg said. "In other words, although he lives and has lived with two lady friends, only one of them is allowed to be on his visiting list, and after 90 days he is required to switch. No other friends or professional colleagues are allowed to visit. That is not right."

NBC Chicago reports Greenberg argued Kelly is not a flight risk because he retains "almost no financial resources" and "could not hide or evade surveillance given his fame."

Greenberg also cited an unused passport the "I Believe I Can Fly" singer has owned for eight years.

Kelly's attorney said he "has posted a substantial bond in state court, has voluntarily turned himself in on all charges and made no attempt to flee in the face of imminent federal charges."

The attorney suggested alternatives to incarceration including, "various levels of monitoring, or even home detention, that would ameliorate any conceivable risk."

Kelly was arrested on July 12 after he was indicted on 13 federal charges for reportedly plotting to fix his 2008 child pornography trial. He is also facing racketeering charges in New York and 10 additional counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Cook County, Illinois. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

On September 17, U.S. Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Flood declined a request to increase the $1 million bond for Kelly because it is a "moot point" since there's no bond on the federal charges, according to The Chicago Tribune. Flood also refused to compensate Valencia Love $100,000 for bonding Kelly out earlier this year.

U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber named April 27 as a tentative trial date.

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