Suge Knight'sdefense team in his murder case had a request to see the names of witnesses and several confidential informants denied in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, July 22.
Prosecutors argued that the former Death Row Records owner had a history of violence and were worried about witnesses intimidation.
Judge Ronald Coen agreed with the prosecution, according to the New York Daily News.
The ruling sparked an emotional response from Knight, who said didn't want to be incarcerated the rest of his life.
"My time is ticking some days because of the health problems I have, and right now I'm not getting a fair chance to prove my innocence," he told Judge Coen. "If I don't have the right to discuss my business or my own finances to take care of my own children, how do I have a right to defend myself? Because if I have no communication with the world, I cannot hire the right people. They've worked so far but they're not getting paid. I hate to have to go through all this and die in jail."
Suge Knight's lawyer, J. Toosen, and fiancee Toi-Lin Kelly speak outside of the courtroom
"I think all of this is just starting to take a toll on him both emotionally and physically. Obviously he's been incarcerated over a year. He's not getting the proper medical attention. And what you saw today was just a product of that," defense lawyer J. Tooson told the Daily News after the hearing.
Knight is facing murder and attempted murder charges stemming from a January 29, 2015, hit-and-run incident outside Tam’s Burgers in Compton, that killed Terry Carter and injured Cle "Bone" Sloan.
Terry Carter was killed when Suge Knight's truck slammed into him in 2015
If convicted the 51-year old record mogul faces up to life in prison.
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MUNICH (AP) — Police warned people to stay indoors Friday as they hunted for whoever opened fire at a Munich shopping mall, killing eight people and wounding others in a rampage they described as suspected terrorism.
"At the moment no culprit has been arrested," police in the Bavarian capital said on social media. "The search is taking place at high speed."
Germany's elite GSG9 anti-terror police, as well as federal police, were called in to help.
Witnesses reported seeing three men with firearms near the Olympia Einkaufszentrum mall.
Police said eight people were killed and an unknown number of others were wounded. Munich police spokesman Marcus Martins said a ninth body had been found and police were "intensively examining" whether it might be one of the suspects.
The city sent a smartphone alert telling people to stay indoors and German rail company Deutsche Bahn stopped train traffic to Munich's main station.
The attack started at a fast food restaurant shortly before 6 p.m. local time, police spokesman Thomas Baumann told German news agency dpa.
Video obtained by The Associated Press from German news agency NonstopNews showed two bodies with sheets draped over them not far from a McDonald's across from the mall. Another video posted online shows a gunman emerging from the door of the McDonald's, raising what appears to be a pistol with both hands, and aiming at people on the sidewalk, firing as they flee in terror.
Germany's Interior Ministry said Munich police had set up a hotline for concerned citizens. Residents of Munich opened their doors to people seeking shelter using the Twitter hashtag #opendoor.
Also on Twitter, police asked people to refrain from speculating about the attack. Germany's interior minister cut short his holiday in the United States to go back to Berlin late Friday to meet with security officials.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's was being regularly briefed on the attack, said her chief of staff, Peter Altmaier.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff says it's too soon to tell if #Munich attack was terrorist act or work of individual.
"All that we know and can say right now is that it was a cruel and inhumane attack," he said on German public channel ARD. "We can't rule out that there are terrorist links. We can't confirm them, but we are investigating along those lines too."
Altmaier said numerous attacks had been prevented in Germany in recent years "but, and this is important, there can never be absolute security."
Police responded in large numbers to the mall in the northern part of Munich, not far from the city's Olympic Stadium in the Moosach district of the Bavarian capital.
It was also not far from where Palestinian attackers opened fire in the Olympic Village in 1972, killing 11 Israeli athletes. Five guerrillas and a police officer were also killed. The GSG9 anti-terrorism unit was created after that attack, though the city saw a worse one in 1980, when 13 people were killed and more than 200 injured at the city's annual Oktoberfest in a bombing blamed on a student with ties to a neo-Nazi group.
It was the second attack in Germany in less than a week. On Monday, a 17-year-old Afghan wounded four people in an ax-and-knife attack on a regional train near the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg, and another woman outside as he fled. All survived, although one man from the train remains in life-threatening condition. The attacker was shot and killed by police.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the train attack, but authorities have said the teen likely acted alone.
Munich police called the mall shooting "suspected terrorism" in a statement but did not elaborate on who might have been behind it.
In the U.S., President Barack Obama pledged to provide Germany with whatever help it might need to investigate the mall shooting.
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Jordans reported from Berlin. Associated Press staffers David Rising and Ferdinand Ostrop contributed from Berlin and Jennifer Farrar from New York.
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Waka Flocka Flame and his wife Tammy Rivera stopped by The Breakfast Club to talk about reconciling, her leaving him for cheating, him realizing that he needed to settle down and Tammy is the one for him, having to explain to Tammy's daughter why they were apart, being on "Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta," men trying to slide in Tammy's DMs while they were apart, Waka's internet beef with The Game, Gucci Mane, believing gang members are hypocritical when they speak out about cops killing black men, not being down with Donald Trump, good cops not speaking out against bad ones and more.
Gucci Mane grind is in overdrive. The 1017 Brick Squad boss drops his second music video of the day. This latest one is for "Out Do Ya." It's off of his new album titled "Everybody Looking." Grab it from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everybody-looking/id1135576036
One of Donald Trump's biggest supporters is Dr. Ben Carson. On Thursday, July 21, Carson discussed the disadvantages the Republican nominee's kids faced by growing up filthy rich.
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DJ Drama just released his "Quality Street Music 2" album. One of the standout songs on it is the "Intro," which features Lil Wayne in vintage form, spitting pure flames.
The National Football League is launching an investigation under their personal conduct policy into allegations that Dallas Cowboys running back, Ezekiel Elliot, attacked his former girlfriend.
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Tiffany Thompsonposted Instagram photos Friday, July 22, showing various bruises on her arms, neck, legs and hands, she claims were inflicted by Elliot.
"Just for every woman out there getting abused it's time to put a stop to it," she captioned one of two photos. "This has been happening to me for months and it finally got out of control to where I was picked up and thrown across the room by my arms. Thrown into walls, Being choked to where I have to gasp for breath. Bruised everywhere, mentally and physically abused. It's not okay. So I want each and everyone of you girls to step away now from domestic violence. You're worth so much more. I got told it was called 'tough love.' I'm sorry if you love someone you don't touch your loved one."
Thompson filed a police report with the Columbus, Ohio police department on Friday. She alleges that Elliot was her former live-in boyfriend and said she was assaulted while sitting in the driver's seat of her parked vehicle.
TMZ reports that Elliot, 21, denies ever living with Thompson or harming her physically.
When cops arrived on the the scene they observed a red mark on the alleged victim's wrist. She complained of pain, but denied medical assistance.
In the police report, officers say they interviewed four witnesses, including one who was inside the vehicle. All of them said they didn't see an assault.
No arrests were made due to the conflicting stories. Thompson was advised to go to the prosecutor's office if she wanted to pursue charges.
Elliot was drafted with the fourth overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft by the Cowboys after a stellar career atOhio State. The team is counting on him to be their star running back.
A person in Elliot's agent's office told TMZ "I can assure you [the allegations] are not true."
Gucci Mane delivers his highly anticipated "Everybody Looking" album. He locked down vocal assists from Drake, Kanye West and Young Thug. Give it a listen up top via Spotify. The album is available now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everybody-looking/id1135576036
Everybody Looking Tracklist:
[03:34] 01. No Sleep (Intro) [02:56] 02. Out Do Ya [02:29] 03. Back On Road (feat. Drake) [03:33] 04. Waybach [03:35] 05. Pussy Print (feat. Kanye West) [03:19] 06. Pop Music [03:42] 07. Guwop Home (feat. Young Thug) [03:22] 08. Gucci Please [03:24] 09. Robbed [04:03] 10. Richest Nigga In The Room [03:04] 11. 1st Day Out Tha Feds [03:50] 12. At Least a M [03:43] 13. All My Children [03:53] 14. Pick Up The Pieces (Outro) [03:46] 15. Multi Millionaire Laflare (Bonus Track)
DJ Drama recruits Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, Chris Brown, Rich Homie Quan, Skeme, August Alsina, Dave East, Freddie Gibbs, T.I., Young Thug, Trey Songz, Ty Dolla $ign, Post Malone, Mac Miller and more for his new album titled "Quality Street Music 2." Stream it up top via Spotify. It's available for purchase now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/quality-street-music-2/id1132708574
Quality Street Music 2 Tracklist:
[02:56] 01. Intro feat. Lil Wayne [03:52] 02. Big Money (C4 Remix) feat. Rich Homie Quan, Skeme & Lil Uzi Vert [04:12] 03. Wishing feat. Chris Brown, Skeme & Lyquin [02:05] 04. Audible feat. The WDNG Crshrs [04:07] 05. Body for My Zipcode feat. Young Life, Freddie Gibbs & Dave East [03:59] 06. Can I feat. T.I. & Young Thug [03:48] 07. Onyx feat. Ty Dolla $ign, Trey Songz & August Alsina [05:28] 08. Camera feat. 1st FKI, Lil Uzi Vert, Mac Miller & Post Malone [03:48] 09. Back and Forth feat. Skeme & Yakki [04:03] 10. Right Back feat. Jeezy, Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan
Lil Durk has finally released his sophomore album titled "2X." Features include Yo Gotti, Ty Dolla $ign, Future, Young Thug, Dej Loaf and Kid Ink. Stream it up top via Spotify and purchase a copy on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/lil-durk-2x-deluxe/id1118087035
2X Tracklist:
01 Check 02 LilDurk2x 03 Hated on Me (feat. Future) 04 So What (feat. Young Thug) 05 She Just Wanna (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) 06 Money Walk (feat. Yo Gotti) 07 Glock Up 08 Rich N*gga 09 True 10 Set It Off 11 Super Powers 12 My Beyoncé (feat. DeJ Loaf) 13 Make It Back 14 Good Good (feat. Kid Ink & DeJ Loaf)
(New York Post) “The Wolf of Wall Street” didn’t just tell the story of a crooked stockbroker who scammed millions of dollars that he blew on drugs and hookers — the Leonardo DiCaprio movie was itself financed with stolen money, the feds charged Wednesday.
A civil suit filed by the US Justice Department demands all future profits, royalties and distribution proceeds from the Oscar-nominated 2013 flick on the grounds that it was part of an international money-laundering scheme involving a development firm set up by the prime minister of Malaysia.
“This is a case where life imitated art,” said US Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell.
In a series of interrelated complaints, the feds are seeking a total $1 billion in assets paid for with money allegedly stolen by corrupt Malaysian officials and their associates from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, also known as 1MDB.
The fund “was created to promote economic development . . . with the ultimate goal of improving the well-being of the Malaysian people,” but “unfortunately and tragically, a number of corrupt officials treated this public trust as a personal bank account,” US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at the Justice Department in Washington, announcing that the U.S. government is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 billion in assets that federal officials say were misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. The Justice Department says the funds that were laundered into the U.S. were used for various assets, including real estate and hotel properties, a jet aircraft, fancy artwork and the production of the Oscar-nominated movie, The Wolf of Wall Street. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The assets include five swank Manhattan properties: penthouses in the Time Warner Center and Walker Tower, condos in the Park Laurel building and at 118 Greene St., and a stake in the Park Lane Hotel.
A Malaysian development fund set up by Prime Minister Najib Razak allegedly purchased a $30 million condo at the Time Warner Center -.Photo: Dan Brinzac
More than $100 million of the loot also allegedly went to produce “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which has raked in more than $392 million in ticket sales worldwide. It is director Martin Scorsese’s highest-grossing film.
“Of course, neither 1MDB or the Malaysian people saw a penny of profit from that film or the other assets purchased with funds siphoned from 1MDB,” Caldwell said.
“Instead, that money went to relatives and associates of the corrupt officials of 1MDB and others.”
Caldwell said the suit targets only the movie’s future earnings because the feds aren’t “able to seize anything retroactively.”
“The Wolf of Wall Street” spent six years in development hell due to its salacious, R-rated subject matter before it was finally green-lighted by a virtually unknown production company, Red Granite Pictures, which footed almost all the costs, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The suit identifies infamous party animal Low Taek Jho — better known as “Jho Low” — as a key figure in the film’s funding, noting that he personally distributed more than $10 million for the project.
Jho Low (right) pictured partying with Usher
The Los Angeles federal court filing notes that Low got a full-screen “special thanks” in the closing credits and was among three people singled out as “collaborators” during DiCaprio’s acceptance speech when he won the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture.
DiCaprio also gave shoutouts to Riza Aziz, the stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and a co-founder of Red Granite, and to Joey McFarland, Red Granite’s other co-founder.
Riza Aziz (left) with 'Wolf of Wall Street' stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie
The suit also alleges that DiCaprio — who is identified only as “a lead actor in ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ ” but can be identified through the complaint’s description — went gambling with Low, Aziz and McFarland at The Venetian Las Vegas on July 15, 2012. The foursome had more than $1.15 million in 1MDB funds with which to gamble. It was deposited into Low’s account.
The suit says Red Granite bankrolled “The Wolf of Wall Street” with 1MDB funds funneled into a Swiss bank account held in the name of Good Star Limited.
Cash was then transferred into various accounts at City National Bank in Los Angeles and doled out to pay the film’s production costs.
“These funds are directly traceable to the $700 million wire transfer and $330 million wire transfers unlawfully diverted from 1MDB to the Good Star account,” the suit says.
Specific payments included 17 separate transfers, totaling $3.9 million, to the Scorsese-owned Sikelia Productions company, $48 million to an unidentified film-industry management firm and at least $4.1 million to various visual-effects companies.
About $2.5 million went to the Screen Actors Guild, and another $80,000 was paid to a charter-yacht company, the suit says.
One of the most memorable scenes in “The Wolf of Wall Street” features DiCaprio — portraying real-life stock fraudster Jordan Belfort — being questioned by FBI agents aboard a yacht docked off Battery Park City.
Sources told The Post that Low “lavished money” on DiCaprio. “He would give him half a million bucks to come to a Vegas party on a private plane and all the chips on the house. They also asked Scorsese, who turned them down,” the source said.
Lynch said more than $3 billion was scammed from 1MDB, but officials have so far been able to trace only $1 billion through American financial systems.
Reps for DiCaprio and Scorsese didn’t return requests for comment, but Red Granite issued a statement saying “none of the funding it received four years ago was in any way illegitimate and there is nothing in today’s civil lawsuit claiming that Red Granite knew otherwise.”
In addition to funding “The Wolf of Wall Street,” staggering amounts of stolen cash were spent on luxuries that the feds are seeking to have forfeited, including:
A $5.5 million Vincent van Gogh drawing.
Two paintings by Claude Monet valued at $92.5 million.
A $240 million stake in the Park Lane Hotel at 36 Central Park South.
The $50.9 million penthouse at the Walker Tower in Chelsea.
A $35 million Bombardier jet.
The $44.8 million L’Ermitage hotel in Beverly Hills.
A $30.5 million penthouse at the Time Warner Building at 80 Columbus Circle, which was bought sight unseen.
Starting in 2009, Low made headlines for spending millions in clubs with celebrities for whom he was footing the bill, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Jamie Foxx and DiCaprio, who accompanied him on yachts, jets, casinos, nightclubs and ski trips all over the world.
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