NEWARK, N.J. — A judge has ruled that a New Jersey lawyer who represented Queen Latifah, Lil’ Kim and other rap artists can be removed from solitary confinement.

Paul Bergrin has been held since his arrest in May on charges of arranging the murder of one witness and trying to set up the murder of another. This week he was indicted on additional bribery, drug and prostitution counts.

A federal judge in Newark agreed Thursday to change the conditions of Bergrin’s confinement.

He is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. He argued that solitary confinement limited his access to his attorney.