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Suge Knight to stand trial on robbery charges
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 15 October 2015
Suge Knight and comedian Katt Williams should stand trial on theft charges, it was ruled this week. The charges relate to an altercation with a photographer in September last year.
The photographer, Leslie Redden, says that she suffered concussion during the incident, as well as hand and wrist injuries from which she has not recovered. She also says that she never retrieved the camera, while an audio recording from a digital recorder she was wearing around her neck at the time of the incident captured Knight calling her a “bitch” and saying that someone should take it from her.
Knight however denies actually taking or handling the camera himself, and says that he was angry because Redden was taking photographs of his young son, according to Billboard. Williams admits holding the camera while he attempted to delete photographs of the child, but says that an unnamed woman in their entourage actually took it from Redden.
In April, Knight was given additional time to find a new attorney to represent him in this case, after his previous lawyer quit. The former Death Row Records boss is currently in jail, of course, on separate murder charges for which he is yet to receive a trial date.
The next hearing in this case is due to take place on 27 Oct.
