FILE - This August 2008 file photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight. A lawyer for Knight says the Death Row Records founder was at the wheel of a car that struck two men, killing one, in a Los Angeles suburb. The accident in Compton occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, File)
Republished January 30, 2015 - 6:09 AM
Original Publication Date January 29, 2015 - 10:55 PM
A look at Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight's troubles over the past 20 years:
— 1996: Knight was sent to prison for nearly five years for badly beating a rival with rapper Tupac Shakur at a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel. The beating came shortly before Shakur suffered fatal gunshot wounds.
— 2002: Knight was jailed for violating his probation by associating with gang members in Los Angeles.
— 2003: He went back to jail on a parole violation after punching a parking lot attendant outside a Hollywood nightclub.
— 2005: Knight was shot in the leg during an MTV Video Music Awards pre-party in Miami. No arrests were made.
— 2006: Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy, and a Los Angeles judge ordered a trustee to take it over because of gross mismanagement.
— 2009: Knight was hospitalized for treatment of facial injuries following a fight at a hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona.
— 2013: The rap music figure was arrested on an outstanding warrant and later released after being pulled over for a traffic violation in Los Angeles.
— 2014: Ahead of the MTV Video Music Awards, Knight was shot during an altercation at a Hollywood nightclub at a party not affiliated with the cable network.
— 2014: Knight was charged with robbery involving a camera theft in Beverly Hills. He pleaded not guilty and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted because of his criminal history.
— 2015: Knight was arrested on suspicion of murder in a hit-and-run wreck that killed a man and injured another.
News from © The Associated Press, 2015