Trap Star Daily News: Suge Knight Sues Kanye West & Miami Club Over Shooting

News: Suge Knight Sues Kanye West & Miami Club Over Shooting
Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 5:45PM

Written by Biz Jones

Suge Knight has modified his lawsuit against rapper Kanye West to also include the Miami club turned crime scene where Ye held his 2005 pre-MTV Video Music Awards event.

Knight was robbed and shot in the leg at the South Beach's Shore Club.

Originally filed in California district court, the suit has now been transferred to Miami. "People shouldn't underestimate Suge Knight," says his boisterous lawyer Marc Brumer, adopting the tone of a boxing promoter before a title fight. "He's a very adept businessman. He's a mess, but he's sharp. Nobody likes Kanye West anymore. Even though he's still selling millions of records, everybody's sick of him." West might not be losing sleep over Knight's attack, but it's more bad news for the Shore Club, which was hit with a foreclosure suit in March. Lawyers representing the rapper and the hotel either did not return our calls or declined to comment. (Miami New Times)
The lawsuit was initially filed against Kanye and G.O.O.D. Music a year and a half ago.

Suge filed the lawsuit late October 2008 and is alleging Ye should be held responsible for allowing an unnamed gun totter access through the event's security in Miami, Florida leading to him being shot in his right leg and robbed of a diamond stud earring. "As the hosts of the Party, Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music also owed the guest of the Party a duty to maintain the Party premises in a reasonably safe condition," the suit reads. "While at the Party, shortly after midnight at approximately 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2005, Mr. Knight was in a VIP room at The Shore Club, where he was shot in the upper right leg. Mr Knight did nothing to provoke the shooting, and he is unaware of who shot him and why he was shot." (TMZ)
Knight is currently under police suspicion for his alleged involvement in a robbery last week.

Detective Jeff Briscoe says 35-year-old Jerold Ellis, who uses the name Yukmouth, reported he was talking to Knight on Monday night in a Woodland Hills supermarket parking lot about a debt that another rapper allegedly owes Knight. Yukmouth filed a police report saying 10 other men arrived, knocked him down and took his watch, medallion and other jewelry worth $92,000. He wasn't badly hurt and declined medical treatment. Briscoe says Ellis identified Knight as a suspect but later recanted. However, the stolen items haven't been recovered and the investigation continues. (Associated Press)
He is also involved in an upcoming amateur short film.

Hip-hop heavyweight Marion "Suge" Knight has helped boost a pal's film career by attacking his rap rivals on camera. The former Death Row Records boss is the focus of young filmmakers Jabari Henley and Shane Taylor's short, The Mic, which pokes fun at rap stars like Eminem and Dr. Dre. Knight agreed to rant about his rivals as a favor to pal Big U - Henley's father. (Celebrity Mound)
No further details have been revealed as of now.