Suge Knight sues Chris Brown over 2014 Los Angeles club shooting
Los Angeles – Former
rap music producer, Suge Knight has sued singer Chris Brown in
connection with a shooting at a West Hollywood nightclub in 2014 that
left him with seven gunshot wounds.
The civil lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles County Superior Court accused
Brown and the club’s owners of being negligent in securing the
environment.
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Brown hosted the event with musician Pia Mia Perez at the 1 OAK Club on
Aug. 23, 2014.
The lawsuit accused Brown of being a “known gang associate’’ and said he had hosted events in the past at which violence erupted so the club should have had stricter security. According to page ten of the lawsuit, the organisers of the event is aware of the documented past and the high likelihood of violence, including the possession and use of firearms by those attending the event. It said that the defendants had a duty to provide adequate security.
Representatives for Brown and Perez could not be immediately reached for their comments at the time of filing this report. The person who answered the phone for 1 OAK said, “we have no comment on anything.” Knight, who co-founded hip hop label Death Row Records, is in jail on a murder charge. He has been accused of running over two people in January 2015 near Los Angeles, killing one and injuring the other. The trial is scheduled to start on Aug. 1. He and comedian Katt Williams are also awaiting trial on charges of robbing a paparazzi photographer of a camera and making a criminal threat. Knight has pleaded not guilty in both cases. In the lawsuit, he is seeking unspecified damages in excess of 25,000 dollars.
The lawsuit accused Brown of being a “known gang associate’’ and said he had hosted events in the past at which violence erupted so the club should have had stricter security. According to page ten of the lawsuit, the organisers of the event is aware of the documented past and the high likelihood of violence, including the possession and use of firearms by those attending the event. It said that the defendants had a duty to provide adequate security.
Representatives for Brown and Perez could not be immediately reached for their comments at the time of filing this report. The person who answered the phone for 1 OAK said, “we have no comment on anything.” Knight, who co-founded hip hop label Death Row Records, is in jail on a murder charge. He has been accused of running over two people in January 2015 near Los Angeles, killing one and injuring the other. The trial is scheduled to start on Aug. 1. He and comedian Katt Williams are also awaiting trial on charges of robbing a paparazzi photographer of a camera and making a criminal threat. Knight has pleaded not guilty in both cases. In the lawsuit, he is seeking unspecified damages in excess of 25,000 dollars.
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