Suge Knight Arrested Again Wednesday: Reportedly Straddling Two Lanes While Driving With Suspended License - $20,000 Bail

Suge Knight arrested again Wednesday in Los Angeles on a misdemeanor traffic violation and an outstanding warrant, police said.

The rap mogul, Suge Knight, was arrested again around 12:30 a.m. with no further details given. Officer Cleon Joseph said that Knight is held on $20,000 bail.

Inquistr reported that Suge Knight, the former head of Death Row Records, straddling two lanes in his truck at about 12:30 am. Suge passed a breathalyzer test but officers found that he was driving without a license.

TMZ reported that real name Marion Hugh Knight Jr., had an outstanding warrant stems from another arrest back in February when Suge was taken in for driving on a suspended license. He failed to make an appearance at court and the authorities have been looking for him ever since.

On April 4, 2006, Suge Knight filed bankruptcy due to civil litigation against him in which Lydia Harris claimed to have been cheated out of a 50% stake in Death Row Records. Prior to filing, Knight had been ordered to pay $107 million to Harris. Under questioning by creditors, he denied having money tucked away in foreign countries or in an African company that deals in diamonds and gold. Bankruptcy documents filed showed Knight had no income that year from employment or operation of a business.

In 1997, he was sentenced to nine years for the violation. He was released on August 6, 2001.

His legal troubles include when in 2003, he was sent to prison again for violating parole when he struck a parking lot attendant. Death Row Records' income rapidly declined due to Knight's incarceration. It managed to save itself from complete bankruptcy by releasing archived Snoop Dogg compilation albums and posthumous Tupac albums. Despite signing new artists, Suge never released any of their albums. In 2005, Knight was shot in the leg at the Red Room at Miami Beach's Shore Club. To date, no one has been charged in the shooting.

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