Crime & Safety
Suge Knight Moved To Jail Medical Ward
Suge Knight was treated for an undisclosed ailment at the Los Angeles County jail while awaiting trial for murder.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Suge Knight, who has been in jail awaiting trial for murder, is being treated for an undisclosed ailment in the jail ward at the Los Angeles county jail, authorities said Thursday.
Knight was moved to the medical ward on Tuesday, said Deputy Charles Moore of the Sheriff's Information Bureau.
Details of his medical treatment were not being released, but the move was regarded as "routine," Moore said.
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The 52-year-old Knight, the co-founder of Death Row Records, has been jailed since 2015 and has had a number of health issues since then, including being treated in 2017 for blood clots, according to TMZ.com, which first reported the story.
City News Service; Photo: Marion 'Suge' Knight appears in court for a pretrial hearing at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on February 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Knight is charged with murder and attempted murder after a hit-and-run incident following an argument in a Compton parking lot January 29, 2015. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)