Taken from RoadRunner news:
Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was given 10 months in prison Thursday after a parole board found that he struck a Hollywood nightclub valet.
Knight, who has been jailed since June 27, faced a maximum sentence of a year in prison for the parole violation. He has been credited for time spent behind bars, said Bill Sessa, a spokesman for the Board of Prison Terms.
The parole board heard compelling testimony during a closed hearing from the arresting officer and a witness before making its decision, Sessa said.
Knight's attorney, Rose Kogeman, declined to comment after the hearing. Calls to Knight's publicist were not immediately returned.
Mehdi Lazrak, 25, the alleged victim, said outside the hearing that Knight never struck him.
"I never said I was hit by him," Lazrak said. "I don't know how police got that idea."
Lazrak said he was hit from behind on the back of the head. Authorities believe Lazrak didn't see who hit him, Sessa said.
Abbey Shilleh, owner of the California Parking Services valet company, said outside the hearing that Knight "definitely was not involved with the incident."
However, Sessa said there was a discrepancy between the owner's account on the night of the incident and his statements at Thursday's hearing.
Knight, 37, was instrumental in driving gangsta rap into the mainstream in the 1990s while heading Death Row Records. He fielded a stable of rappers that included Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur.
The 6-foot-3, 315-pound Knight was placed on probation after being convicted in 1992 of pistol-whipping a man in a recording studio. In September 1996, Knight violated that probation and was imprisoned for five years after being caught on videotape, along with Shakur and others, beating a gang rival in the lobby of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
Shakur was shot and killed three hours later as he was riding in a BMW with Knight, who was wounded in the attack.
Knight was paroled from prison in 2001, but served 61 days behind bars earlier this year for associating with a known gang member in violation of his parole.
Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was given 10 months in prison Thursday after a parole board found that he struck a Hollywood nightclub valet.
Knight, who has been jailed since June 27, faced a maximum sentence of a year in prison for the parole violation. He has been credited for time spent behind bars, said Bill Sessa, a spokesman for the Board of Prison Terms.
The parole board heard compelling testimony during a closed hearing from the arresting officer and a witness before making its decision, Sessa said.
Knight's attorney, Rose Kogeman, declined to comment after the hearing. Calls to Knight's publicist were not immediately returned.
Mehdi Lazrak, 25, the alleged victim, said outside the hearing that Knight never struck him.
"I never said I was hit by him," Lazrak said. "I don't know how police got that idea."
Lazrak said he was hit from behind on the back of the head. Authorities believe Lazrak didn't see who hit him, Sessa said.
Abbey Shilleh, owner of the California Parking Services valet company, said outside the hearing that Knight "definitely was not involved with the incident."
However, Sessa said there was a discrepancy between the owner's account on the night of the incident and his statements at Thursday's hearing.
Knight, 37, was instrumental in driving gangsta rap into the mainstream in the 1990s while heading Death Row Records. He fielded a stable of rappers that included Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur.
The 6-foot-3, 315-pound Knight was placed on probation after being convicted in 1992 of pistol-whipping a man in a recording studio. In September 1996, Knight violated that probation and was imprisoned for five years after being caught on videotape, along with Shakur and others, beating a gang rival in the lobby of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
Shakur was shot and killed three hours later as he was riding in a BMW with Knight, who was wounded in the attack.
Knight was paroled from prison in 2001, but served 61 days behind bars earlier this year for associating with a known gang member in violation of his parole.
