Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is expected to appear in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Friday morning for a hearing to discuss his bail on murder and other charges.
Arguing that Knight's bail be set at $25 million, a Los Angeles County prosecutor called him a "prolific and unrepentant criminal" who has led a "shameless life of crime," according to court papers filed Thursday.
To back up the claim, Deputy Dist. Atty. Cynthia J. Barnes documented the Death Row Records cofounder's extensive brushes with the law in nearly 300 pages of written arguments and supporting evidence, including more than two dozen police reports and an affidavit that implicate Knight in robberies, extortion, money laundering, assaults, witness intimidation and battery.
Among the revelations from the court documents:
—Knight is suspected of extorting "taxes" from rappers and athletes who want to work in Los Angeles or Las Vegas, according to a sworn affidavit submitted by Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Richard Biddle.
—Knight and a woman in Las Vegas are also involved in laundering more than $10 million since 2002 through a network of bank accounts, according to Biddle.
—In 2014, a man told the LAPD that Knight held him at gunpoint for about 10 minutes in an alleyway and repeatedly vowed to kill him, according to a police report.
Barnes listed 31 incidents in the last decade in which Knight was accused of acting violently or threatening to do so, beginning with a 2004 report of a woman who claimed that, on Knight's orders, she was punched in the face outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. She later refused to cooperate with police, citing a fear of retaliation by Knight.
An attorney representing Knight, Matthew P. Fletcher, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Knight is now accused of deliberately running over Terry Carter, 55, and Cle "Bone" Sloan, 51, in a restaurant parking lot on Jan. 29 following an argument on the set for a commercial about the film "Straight Outta Compton."
He is charged with murder, attempted murder and two counts of hit-and-run with an allegation that he committed a violent felony while out on bail in another case.
The court documents highlight that the production of "Straight Outta Compton" sparked Knight's anger last year.
The morning after Carter's death, Knight was arrested. Initially his bail was set around $2 million, but revoked on Feb. 2 after Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials argued that he was a possible flight risk and had "witness intimidation issues." They also cited his criminal past.
Prosecutors cannot request that Knight be held without bail because no special circumstance allegations have been filed against him, in accordance with the county's bail schedule.
In seeking such a high amount, Barnes noted that at the time of Carter's death, Knight was out on bail in the case of an alleged robbery. He and Micah "Katt" Williams are accused of stealing a Beverly Hills photographer's camera in the Sept. 5 incident.
"Not only did he disregard the constraints of bail, he escalated his criminal behavior to murder and attempted murder," Barnes wrote.
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