Cyrus Langhorne
Former Death Row Records owner Marion "Suge" Knight's attorney has come forward to react to footage of his now-infamous hit and run from earlier this year.
Despite the graphic footage showing Suge behind the wheel, his legal muscle said it shows self-defense.
Knight’s new attorney claimed during the discovery hearing that the newly surfaced video will help the 49-year-old’s case. “A hundred percent it proved Suge Knight was attacked,” attorney Matt Fletcher said. (CBS Local)
Check out footage from Suge’s court appearance on the next page…
Gruesome video of Suge’s fatal accident emerged online early Monday (March 9) morning.
Terry Carter‘s family asked that TMZ post the video to show what happened. The family’s lawyer, Gary Dordick, tells TMZ, “The Carter family is pleased you are releasing the video so the public can see what actually occurred and not be forced to speculate based on third party descriptions of the video.” We blurred the portion where Terry is run over … it’s just too gruesome. (TMZ)
According to reports, the jailed music executive was hospitalized last week.
Knight reportedly spoke on his own behalf Monday in court — after he fired the lawyers handling his case — and said he was receiving inadequate treatment in jail. Moments later he was taken to the hospital. Sources tell us a doctor informed the rap mogul on Friday his eyesight was getting really bad. Suge reportedly shared that info in court before he was hospitalized. (TMZ)
Reports revealed Knight had a bail review hearing pushed back to March 20 last month.
Knight, 49, appeared healthy and sipped from a cup of water a sheriff’s deputy gave him while he sat handcuffed in orange jail garments in a Compton courthouse Monday morning. The former head of Death Row Records has been in custody since being arrested on suspicion of running over two men with his car, killing one of them. (Los Angeles Times)
Sun got that Informant grin.