Marion ‘Suge’ Knight entered a California courtroom, where he was addressing murder charges levied against him, chained down to a wheelchair. He wheeled in on Wednesday after he fell at a previous hearing.
The Death Row Records co-founder complained to Judge Ronald Coen that he could walk and the requirement of the wheelchair and chains was unnecessary. In the previous bail hearing, Knight, fell and hit his head. The 49-year-old has a medical history of diabetes and blood clots.
Knight’s lawyer, Matt Fletcher, said authorities put Knight in the chair and chained him down as part of a ‘ploy’ to ‘humiliate’ his client, according to TMZ.
Knight told the judge during the hearing, : ‘I’m being chained to some type of chair and their pushing me.’
‘It’s making the situation even worse[er].
‘I walked perfectly fine from the county jail, to the bus, to the bus to here’.
The judge then told Knight that if he was able to walk, the chair will not be used again.
Knight has had run ins with the law in past such as when celebrity photographer accused Knight and comedian Katt Williams of taking her camera. Also, the former rap music mogul has a case filed against him in regards to a robbery last year, in which Judge Coen is giving him time to hire an attorney.
The judge pressed Knight about whether he wanted a new attorney in the robbery case.His previous attorney, David Kenner, said in a filing he no longer wanted to represent Knight, in which Knight said he wanted to fire Kenner and has until May 27 to hire a new attorney.
His bail was set to $25 million in the last hearing.