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Suge Knight receiving hospital treatment

Knight  was taken to a hospital Tuesday for treatment of reported chest pains after a court hearing in Compton. (Courtesy Photo)
Knight was taken to a hospital Tuesday for treatment of reported chest pains after a court hearing in Compton. (Courtesy Photo)

One-time rap impresario Marion “Suge” Knight was receiving hospital treatment today,  authorities said.

Knight, 49, was taken to a hospital Tuesday for treatment of reported chest pains after a court hearing in Compton, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run for allegedly running down two men in Compton, killing one and injuring the other.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Kelvin Moody said early this morning that Knight was still in the hospital. The name of the hospital to which Knight was taken has not been disclosed.

Knight wore orange, jail-issued clothing for his appearance in the Compton courthouse Tuesday morning. The judge initially assigned to the case, Judge John J. Cheroske, recused himself from the case, saying he had represented both of the victims when he was a lawyer. The case was then handed over to Judge Ricardo Ocampo, who handled the arraignment.

Knight is due back in court Monday for a bail review hearing, during which defense attorney David Kenner will ask a judge to review the revocation of the $2 million bail initially granted in the case.

Charges arising from Thursday’s fatal hit-and-run in Compton were filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Monday, when a court commissioner also revoked Knight’s $2 bail on grounds that he is “a possible flight risk” and a three-strikes candidate. The Sheriff’s Department added that “possible witness intimidation issues and a criminal past” were also factors.

The complaint against Knight, who could be incarcerated for life if convicted of the charges he now faces, includes an allegation that he committed a serious and violent felony while out on bail in an unrelated robbery case, as well as use of a deadly weapon and causing great bodily injury allegations. Knight has prior convictions, making this a third-strike case, according to the complaint.

Knight surrendered early Friday and was booked on suspicion of murder. The hit-and-run occurred around 2:55 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Tam’s Burgers in the 1200 block of West Rosecrans Avenue, near Central Avenue. Knight allegedly drove his pickup truck backward and forward, killing Terry Carter, 55, and injuring 51-year-old Cle Stone, who was treated at a hospital.

Knight’s attorney at the time, James Blatt, confirmed Knight was behind the wheel of the pickup that struck the men but said he acted out of fear in trying to escape from as many as four people who attacked him. Blatt also claimed that Knight had been unaware that he hit two men with the pickup, which was later found in a Westwood parking lot.

Kenner also said his client was acting in self-defense.

Lt. John Corina, a sheriff’s homicide detective, told reporters late last week that investigators believe Knight intentionally struck the men and that he was not acting out of a reasonable fear.

Corina said Knight had gotten into an argument at a film shoot for a promotional video for “Straight Out of Compton,” a biopic of the Compton rap group N.W.A. Knight, and was told to leave. The argument resumed about 20 minutes later at the eatery about three miles away.

Corina alleged that Stone exchanged punches with Knight through the open window of his truck before the rapper intentionally ran him over, then struck Carter — who had been standing next to Stone — while accelerating forward.

Knight’s lawyer described Carter as a friend of his client’s, and Corina said the victim was not believed to have been involved in the altercation with Knight.

Stone, an actor/filmmaker who appeared in the film “Training Day,” suffered “a very badly mangled left foot” and a head injury, according to his attorney, Michael Shapiro.     Knight co-founded Death Row Records, which in its heyday in the early 1990s was generating revenues of about $100 million per year. He helped launch some of rap’s biggest acts, including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur, and was with Shakur the night he was slain in 1996.

Knight served five years in prison for assault and federal weapons violations and, after his release in 2001, spent another 10 months behind bars for violating parole by hitting a Hollywood nightclub valet. He was shot a half- dozen times last August at a Los Angeles-area nightclub. No arrests have been made in that case.

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