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Law Practice,
Criminal

Mar. 26, 2018

Rap mogul gets 16th lawyer, with No. 17 in the wings

In a disjointed monologue, murder defendant Suge Knight complained about the cavalcade of lawyers who have come and gone from his pending murder and criminal threats cases.

Rap mogul gets 16th lawyer, with No. 17 in the wings
Marion "Suge" Knight in May 2015 with Thomas Mesereau Jr., one of 16 attorneys who have represented him in his murder and death threats case.

LOS ANGELES — Seconds after he was led into court, murder defendant Marion “Suge” Knight, wearing a tangerine jail jumpsuit and belly band wrist restraints, began railing in frustration at Judge Ronald Coen — not about his legal troubles, but about his lawyer troubles.

In a disjointed monologue, Knight, a rap music mogul who has been in Los Angeles county jail since January 2015, interrupted himself several times to complain about t...

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