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Marion 'Suge' Knight claims that his
ex-wife and former Death Row Records security chief Reggie White Jr
killed Tupac Shakur, and insists he was the real target of the 1996
drive-by. Suge's attorney Thaddeus
Culpepper wrote in a signed affidavit, that 'Knight has known for many
years that Reggie Wright Jr. and his ex-wife Sharitha were behind the
murder of Tupac and attempted murder of Knight.'
He added that Knight also had alleged details of Wright's involvement in the Bigge Smalls murder case.
The
rapper, who until now has always refused to identify the shooter,
appears to have spoken out after hearing the 'salient points' in the new
documentary Tupac Assassination: Battle for Compton.
Suge's marriage to Sharitha Golden, the mother of his first child, was tumultuous at best.
Just two years before their wedding in November 1989, Sharitha had obtained a restraining order against Suge. They
later reconciled and wed, but got divorced the following year with
Sharitha demanding her ex pay $735,000 in unpaid child support.
The story is told in the documentary Tupac Assassination: Battle For Compton, which was released on DVD earlier this year. When Knight found out about the project, he reportedly sent out private investigators to find how the filmmakers knew what happened that fateful night.
“He admitted to Culpepper that the theories in the movie were true,” a source said.
The theory says that Sharitha and Wright conspired to take out Knight to take over Death Row. It’s not a new theory, though. A similar chain of events was put forth in the book Tupac 187: The Red Knight, which was co-written by former LAPD detective Russell Poole and the same people behind the Battle For Compton film, Michael Douglas Carlin and Richard Bond.
“Culpepper told Carlin individually that not only did Knight confirm the events as portrayed in Compton, which portray Knight was the intended target and Shakur as collateral damage, as true, but also goes on to allege that these 1996 events may have been the first in a history of attempts on Knight’s life, culminating in the recent attempted killing of Knight at the 1OAK Club in Los Angeles, where Knight was shot six times,” a film spokesperson explained.
Wright Jr. has commented on the shooting before, and has denied any involvement.
Previously, former LAPD detective Greg Kading gave an account of Tupac’s murder that accused Puff Daddy of being behind the crime, claiming he hired a hitman to take out Biggie’s rival. Kading told his story in the book Murder Rap, which was then turned into a documentary.
Knight is currently sitting in jail awaiting trial for murder charges.
Tupac’s life will be featured in the upcoming biopic, All Eyez on Me, due out in June.
The story is told in the documentary Tupac Assassination: Battle For Compton, which was released on DVD earlier this year. When Knight found out about the project, he reportedly sent out private investigators to find how the filmmakers knew what happened that fateful night.
“He admitted to Culpepper that the theories in the movie were true,” a source said.
The theory says that Sharitha and Wright conspired to take out Knight to take over Death Row. It’s not a new theory, though. A similar chain of events was put forth in the book Tupac 187: The Red Knight, which was co-written by former LAPD detective Russell Poole and the same people behind the Battle For Compton film, Michael Douglas Carlin and Richard Bond.
“Culpepper told Carlin individually that not only did Knight confirm the events as portrayed in Compton, which portray Knight was the intended target and Shakur as collateral damage, as true, but also goes on to allege that these 1996 events may have been the first in a history of attempts on Knight’s life, culminating in the recent attempted killing of Knight at the 1OAK Club in Los Angeles, where Knight was shot six times,” a film spokesperson explained.
Wright Jr. has commented on the shooting before, and has denied any involvement.
Previously, former LAPD detective Greg Kading gave an account of Tupac’s murder that accused Puff Daddy of being behind the crime, claiming he hired a hitman to take out Biggie’s rival. Kading told his story in the book Murder Rap, which was then turned into a documentary.
Knight is currently sitting in jail awaiting trial for murder charges.
Tupac’s life will be featured in the upcoming biopic, All Eyez on Me, due out in June.
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