Suge Knight collapses in court after bail hearing

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight collapsed in a courtroom Friday shortly after a judge ordered him held on $25 million bail in a murder case.

Bailiffs cleared the courtroom, paramedics arrived with a stretcher a few minutes later and an ambulance was seen leaving the courthouse.

Defense attorney Matthew Fletcher said Knight was unconscious when the lawyer left the courtroom and an update on his condition was not immediately available.

Fletcher said his client, who is diabetic and has a blood clot, previously told him that he hadn't received any medication since Thursday.

Knight hit his head on a chair when he fell after the bail hearing, Fletcher said.

The 6-foot-4-inch tall Knight collapsed while deputies were bringing him back into the courtroom after Fletcher asked a judge to order that Knight be given his medication.

The attorney said Knight was being kept in solitary confinement in jail without proper access to medication.

"He's being treated worse than Charles Manson," Fletcher said.


The collapse marked the fourth time that Knight has been taken by ambulance from a courthouse since he was charged with killing Terry Carter, 55, in early February.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen set bail on Friday at $25 million for Knight, who is accused of running down and killing Carter with his truck.

Coen made his decision after Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes noted that Knight was on bail in a robbery case when he struck Carter and another man in a parking lot in Compton.

"He escalated his behavior and committed murder," Barnes told the judge.

Fletcher argued that Knight's bail should be set at $2 million, but Coen said the higher amount was warranted.

The attorney said before the hearing that his client likely could not post bail if it was set at $25 million.

Knight, the 49-year-old co-founder of Death Row Records, has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges.

Barnes filed a motion Thursday accusing Knight of being part of a scheme that has extorted more than $10 million from up-and-coming and established rappers in recent years.

Fletcher countered that prosecutors should file charges involving those extortion claims if they have enough evidence.

Fletcher also said phone records and other evidence in the murder case would show that Knight was lured to the location where the men were hit by the truck. Knight was attacked when he arrived and hit the two men while trying to flee the scene, the lawyer said.

Fletcher said Cle "Bone" Sloan acknowledged to sheriff's investigators that he attacked Knight. The attorney argued his client wasn't required to remain at the scene and endure the attack, and that Sloan should be charged.

"If his name wasn't 'Suge' Knight, they wouldn't have filed this case," Fletcher said.

Knight was a key player in the gangster rap scene that flourished in the 1990s, his label once listing Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg among its artists. Knight lost control of the company after it was forced into bankruptcy.

50 Cent's 2-Year-Old Son Lands Major Modeling Contract

50 and his son Sire Jackson (Instagram)

When you're 50 Cent, you can make everything in your life into a mogul. That houseplant? It's a mogul. Oh, the dog? Mogul. And, well, you know his own son is a mogul too.

"He's got a [modeling] deal now with Kidz Safe," 50 Cent said during an interview with Angie Martinez on Power 105.1. "It's an audio company. They paid him a big payment too: $700,000."

Yes, 2-year-old Sire Jackson is pulling a Kendall Jenner and breaking into the modeling business.

"He's super cute, you gotta pay for it," 50 joked. By the way, this is the face 50 Cent makes when he's talking about his son:

However, Sire's going to have to wait a couple years to buy a Dylan's Candy Bar franchise or whatever toddlers do with several hundred grand. 50 Cent said he put Sire's paycheck into a trust that he can't access until he turns 18... in 2031.

Sire is 50 Cent's son with his ex-girlfriend, Daphne Joy. The two, who've had a turbulent relationship in the past, are "friends" now, he says.

However, Sire's not the only model in the family. 50 — real name Curtis Jackson — says he's been training in order to hulk up for an underwear ad he's shooting in three weeks. During the interview, 50 promises he'll be doing the full Wahlberg with the ads hopefully plastered all over Times Square. So now there's a grand total of one reason to ever be in Times Square.

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GRAMMY AWARDS: Birdman Denied Entry To Nicki Minaj’s Pre-Grammy Party

According to TMZ, Birdman and his huge entourage were turned away from Nicki Minaj’s Pre-Grammy party in West Hollywood early Sunday morning. Apparently, Birdman and his crew showed up to the party at 1:45 am to be turned away with an explanation that the club was about to close.  It could be as simple as that, but you would think that Nicki would make a way for the CEO of Cash Money Records, the parent company of her mentor Lil’ Wayne’s label, Young Money. Maybe Birdman was just too tardy for the party, or maybe Nicki is making it known who she is siding with in the beef Birdman is currently experiencing with Lil’ Wayne who wants to cut all ties with him and is rumored to be suing him for the advance of the delayed Carter V album.

In other news, Grammy weekend is shaping up to be pretty crazy. TMZ also reports that someone was shot to death outside of Hollywood’s Supper Club where Snoop Dogg, Schoolboy Q and Wiz Khalifa were partying inside. The rappers had nothing to do with the shooting, but police report two men were involved in an altercation which resulted in one man being shot in the head and rushed to the hospital where he died. Cops have a suspect in custody and say it looks like the men may have been gang-affiliated.

We hope these Grammy festivities can turn down just a tad so these celebs can win some awards, party safely and go home.