Marion “Suge” Knight faces 28 years in prison after pleading no contest to “running over a man and killing him in a restaurant parking lot three years ago,” according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Knight, 53, is the co-founder of rap label Death Row Records. He agreed to a plea deal that includes “one count of voluntary manslaughter and admitted a special allegation that he used a deadly weapon, a truck,” the DA’s office said.
Before the agreement, Knight had been facing charges of murder and attempted murder.
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