http://www.freep.com/story/entertainmen ... /22774045/LOS ANGELES — Former hip-hop music mogul Marion* (Suge) Knight was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder after he struck two men with his pickup last week.
Prosecutors allege Knight intended to run down a friend and another man after an argument on a movie set. One was killed. Attorney James Blatt says Knight accidentally ran over the men on Thursday as he tried to escape a vicious attack. He turned himself in to police Friday.
Knight's initial bail of $2 million was revoked Monday after a court commissioner agreed with authorities that he was a potential flight risk and could intimidate witnesses.
The ruling came after detectives told the bail commissioner that the 49-year-old founder of Death Row Records could face a lengthy prison sentence because of a violent criminal past and had the potential to intimidate witnesses, Los Angeles County sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said.
*With a name like Marion no wonder he's felt the need to be a bad ass....
