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Judge OKs New Defendants in B.I.G. Suit

Posted: 2007-11-20 08:22:42

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 20) - Several new defendants including record executive Marion "Suge" Knight may be allowed into the wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of murdered rapper Notorious B.I.G., a federal judge tentatively ruled.

U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ruled Friday the lawsuit could be amended because of newly discovered evidence. An earlier lawsuit ended in a mistrial in 2005.

Aside from Knight, the new defendants could include former police officer Rafael Perez and other current and former members of the Los Angeles Police Department.

B.I.G., whose given name was Christopher Wallace, was 24 when he was gunned down March 9, 1997, while leaving a music industry party at Los Angeles' Petersen Automotive Museum. The New York rapper was one of the country's most popular hip-hop artists, and theories have proliferated for years about who might have been behind his murder.

His family filed a wrongful death suit seeking damages from the city. It accuses the Los Angeles Police Department, and specifically Perez' former patrol partner, David Mack, of responsibility for Wallace's death.

Mack and Perez have both long denied any involvement in the killing.

Thomas Reichert, an attorney for the city, said Monday the new evidence was "old wine, new bottles."

Calls to Knight attorneys Laurence Strick and Daniel J. McCarthy were not immediately returned Monday.

New evidence shows Perez was on duty the night of B.I.G.'s slaying and may have been at the scene, Cooper wrote.

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2007-11-20 06:45:07

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h3j3h3 11:16:49 PM Nov 22 2007

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Thank you, bigots. Your racist comments really help to destroy the myth that racism is no longer a problem in America. You are proof of the need for hate crime legislation and affirmative action. So, thanks. Keep up the good work!

johnhaden22 12:32:00 AM Nov 21 2007

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yes....it should be on Black Voices....not here

yerblues1222 11:44:00 PM Nov 20 2007

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shouldn't this like be on.....Black Voices instead of taking up this space?

sxxygold 08:55:19 PM Nov 20 2007

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how is it someone who didnt shhot hims fault? tell me that its all about the money i could see getting the person responsible but the police had nothing to do with this

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dcmetrodragons07 11:09:07 AM Nov 20 2007

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cry to me when its an INNOCENT family member who is slain , because no way was this fool ever involved in any murders before right ? gimme a break he wasnt singing in the church choir - and oh yeah OJ is innocent yet again

dcmetrodragons07 11:09:03 AM Nov 20 2007

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dcmetrodragons07 11:07:46 AM Nov 20 2007

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another jigga smoked , so what

Jpossibleim 11:06:10 AM Nov 20 2007

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OH AND THE SAME MESSAGE GOES TO SARA93BABE........

Jpossibleim 11:04:12 AM Nov 20 2007

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TO: GEOUGEBR.......HIS FAMILY CARES!!!!! I TRULY HOPE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN YOUR LIFE WHOSE LIFE IS TAKEN FROM THEM IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIFE AND YOUR FAMILY TRIES TO FIND OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.......SOMEONE MAY SAY WHO CARES!!!! YOU ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF IGNORANCE AT WORK!!!!

Jpossibleim 11:04:05 AM Nov 20 2007

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Eatitscottie 09:37:59 AM Nov 20 2007

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you know what its pretty damn sad that they finally done some thing about biggy murder i guess by 2010 we will have a theory about if tupac alive or really dead
and if thats whoopi goldberg real gum color !!!!

Eatitscottie 09:37:57 AM Nov 20 2007

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