By Josh Boswell For Dailymail.com
Published: 15:12 EST, 18 December 2019 | Updated: 19:15 EST, 18 December 2019
Suge Knight, the notorious gangster and head of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur's former record label Death Row Records, is back on the hook for a $107 million judgment, a Los Angeles court has ruled.
The court first awarded the giant claim to Lydia Harris in 2005, after Knight failed to respond to her lawsuit saying that she owned half the record label through her work as its first vice president and initial investments by her ex-husband, jailed drug kingpin Michael 'Harry O' Harris in 1989.
But in September, Lydia turned on her lawyers and instead teamed up with Knight, persuading Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Sotelo to cancel the default judgment, effectively wiping the gangster's $107 million debt in a shock ruling.
Now in a bizarre twist Judge Sotelo has agreed, reversing his own September ruling and reinstating Knight's multi-million dollar debt.
Harris, 56, told DailyMail.com she decided to switch sides, abandoning WCC and hiring her former opponent's lawyer Dermot Givens, after she realized that she was unlikely to get any more cash from Knight, who is currently one year into a 28-year sentence for a hit-and-run killing.
Instead, the drug kingpin's ex decided to join forces with Knight, 54, in a plan to pursue a payout from WCC for allegedly misrepresenting her during her original lawsuit against Death Row Records – a claim which WCC denies.
Harris says in court documents that before she won her judgment against Death Row she had previously filed for bankruptcy, meaning she had to give up any claims over the record label to her bankruptcy trustee.
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Published: 15:12 EST, 18 December 2019 | Updated: 19:15 EST, 18 December 2019
- Suge Knight, head of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur's former record label Death Row Records, owes Lydia Harris $107million, a Los Angeles court ruled
- Harris, 56, is the ex-wife of his former business partner and jailed drug kingpin Michael 'Harry O' Harris
- The court first awarded the money to Harris in 2005, after Knight failed to respond to her lawsuit saying that she owned half the record label
- The default was canceled in September when Harris fired her lawyers and teamed up with Knight to throw out the case
- But Harris' former law firm hit back in legal filings, telling the judge that she had no right to cancel the debt because they are entitled to 40% of the $107million
- Now a judge has agreed to reverse his own September ruling and reinstating Knight's multi-million dollar debt
- Knight is currently one year into a 28-year sentence for a hit-and-run killing
Suge Knight, the notorious gangster and head of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur's former record label Death Row Records, is back on the hook for a $107 million judgment, a Los Angeles court has ruled.
The court first awarded the giant claim to Lydia Harris in 2005, after Knight failed to respond to her lawsuit saying that she owned half the record label through her work as its first vice president and initial investments by her ex-husband, jailed drug kingpin Michael 'Harry O' Harris in 1989.
But in September, Lydia turned on her lawyers and instead teamed up with Knight, persuading Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Sotelo to cancel the default judgment, effectively wiping the gangster's $107 million debt in a shock ruling.
Now in a bizarre twist Judge Sotelo has agreed, reversing his own September ruling and reinstating Knight's multi-million dollar debt.
Harris, 56, told DailyMail.com she decided to switch sides, abandoning WCC and hiring her former opponent's lawyer Dermot Givens, after she realized that she was unlikely to get any more cash from Knight, who is currently one year into a 28-year sentence for a hit-and-run killing.
Instead, the drug kingpin's ex decided to join forces with Knight, 54, in a plan to pursue a payout from WCC for allegedly misrepresenting her during her original lawsuit against Death Row Records – a claim which WCC denies.
Harris says in court documents that before she won her judgment against Death Row she had previously filed for bankruptcy, meaning she had to give up any claims over the record label to her bankruptcy trustee.
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Suge Knight owes $107million to his former business partner's ex-wife
Suge Knight, head of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur's former record label Death Row Records, owes Lydia Harris $107million, a Los Angeles court ruled.
