​Suge Knight Sues Dr. Dre Claiming He Hired Hitmen To Kill Him

Jailed hip-hop mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight has accused hip-hop star Dr Dre of hiring hitmen to kill him twice - in 2014 and 2015.

As part of a lawsuit, made public on Monday, Knight has demanded around $300m (£245m) from Dr. Dre and accused his former protégé of trying to have him killed to avoid paying him money.

Knight, who co-founded Death Row Records with Dr. Dre, is in jail awaiting trial on charges of killing rap music producer Terry Carter by running him over in the parking lot of a Los Angeles-area fast-food restaurant in January 2015.

Knight in court. Credit: PA

In the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Knight alleged he was defending himself when he ran Carter over, as filmmaker Cle 'Bone' Sloan had pulled a gun on him.

In a separate incident several months earlier, Knight was shot seven times at a Hollywood party thrown by R&B singer Chris Brown.

"[Dr. Dre] is responsible for both crimes," the lawsuit said. "It is a well-known fact that Young and Knight are not friends."

According to Rolling Stone, Howard King, acting for Dre, said in a statement: "Given that Dre has had zero interaction with Suge since leaving Death Row Records in 1996, we hope that Suge's lawyer has lots of malicious-prosecution insurance."

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James Dawson

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