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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: ABN on March 30, 2005, 11:09:53 AM
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Marion "Suge" Knight has just been ordered to pay $107 million to a woman who helped him start Death Row Records and was owed profits after being forced out of the label.
After four years of legal battle, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald M. Sohigian ordered Knight, Death Row Records and Tha Row Inc. to pay Lydia Harris $45 million in economic damages, $2 million in non-economic damages and $60 million in punitive damages.
The verdict was reached after Sohigian discovered that Suge and his legal team violated court rules that ordered them to answer questions and submit information to the opposing counsel during the discovery process. The suit was filed in 2002, but never reached trial.
In her suit, Harris said that she and Suge became equal founding partners of Death Row in 1989 and that the mogul forced her out of the venture when he realized the label's profitable potential. Harris also accused Knight of defaming her in an attempt to tarnish her credibility in the music industry and with new artists.
"His conduct made it clear that he did not intend to honor his agreement or pay the shares of profit due her," Harris' attorney, David Casselman, said. "He also publicly insulted her and falsely accused her of promiscuity and incompetence."
Harris was Vice President of Death Row when the imprint was launched, but was later dismissed without knowing. Casselman said he plans to collect Harris' judgment by freezing Knight's assets. Suge's lawyer refused to comment yesterday and the infamous boss denied the accusations in court papers.
This settlement doesn't mark Knight's first major civil judgment. In 2003, he was ordered to pay $5.5 million to artist managers who claimed that Suge stole one of their acts. He's also been locked up three times in eight years on assault-related charges.
Michael "Harrio" Harris, Harris' husband, told The Los Angeles Times in 1997 that he had invested $1.5 million in 1991 for a half stake in an entertainment company dubbed GF Entertainment that would feature a division called Death Row. Suge denied Harris' claim. At the time, Harrio had already served 10 years of a 28-year sentence for selling crack cocaine and attempted murder, but asserted that he and his spouse negotiated contracts with major labels while he was incarcerated. He was sent to state prison in 1987. According to Casselman, Knight denied knowing Lydia Harris in the case's initial deposition. He later admitted to knowing her.
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Shit does he even have this....I know I saw an article in LA times awhile back that the building was taken over for tax reasons...
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NOW THATS FUNNY!!!!
HAHAHA FAT FUCKER...CARMA FOR PAC PUSSY!
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I dont think suge even has that kind of money ???107 million.... thats a lot of fucking money....
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he's got it...somehwere
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kurupt now realizes that he made the worst move of his career.
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lol damn...i bet the court battle would last a lil longer and simon will counter it somehow (eg. crooked i's legal shit)...
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I remember watching a Death Row documentary a few years ago that explained in detail this whole situation with Harry "O". Apparantly it's all true. He put up the seed money to start the company. Although, I don't see how that entitles him to 105 million.
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Suge about to release 7 new Pac albums to pay that
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I remember watching a Death Row documentary a few years ago that explained in detail this whole situation with Harry "O". Apparantly it's all true. He put up the seed money to start the company. Although, I don't see how that entitles him to 105 million.
I saw that same documentary. If you recall, there were hundreds of millions of dollars that were made during the death row era, most of which went to Interscope but Suge pocked over a hundred mil easily. If there is documentation showing Harry O as an owner or partner of death row and if he did not get his share of the profits, then he's entitled to a hefty sum of cash. I wouldn't be surprised if it would reach the 9 figure range. The only issue that's really important is whether or not he will actually see any of that cash since Death Row and Suge are pretty much broke.
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what about interscope?
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probably this is the end of death row records and the return of kurupt with the dogg pound.... it's not so sad. We don't have to hear bullshit from suge anymore
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If he doesn't have the 100 mil they'll start to go after the catalogue. If that happens it will truly be the end of Suge and Death Row Records.
Can you imagine the boss move of all moves?... Dre buying back the Death Row catalogue for cheap so Suge can pay his fines.
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why would suge sell his catalogue to dre?
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kurupt now realizes that he made the worst move of his career.
Well actually i think he's still technically on Antra Records, lol.
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he is!
he's just the vice president of death row and ras kass recently said kurupt still had legal issues with his former label
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The only thing he can do is to make albums with other groups, like The Horsemen, or the Riflemen, or even that group he formed to release The Originals. So tecnically he can work for that DPGC album with no problems at all if he wants to. And if Suge is smart enought, he'll realize that's nothing but a good thing for Death Row too, i mean to squash the beef with the DPGC and possibly Dre.
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i guess we can now forget about Kurupt's album being released anytime soon
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i guess we can now forget about Kurupt's album being released anytime soon
and for the fans, that might be the worst part of it. Fuck that fool who was laughing a couple of posts ahead of mine. This might be the end of one of the greatest rap lables ever.
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i doubt she will get the money
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i doubt she will get the money
i agree it will be appealed for several more years
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hahahhaha. about time this fat fuck got his. i wanna see him on the street begging for money, piece of shit mothafucka
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Suge about to release 7 new Pac albums to pay that
lol,probably. 107 million is ridiculous though imo.
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The only thing he can do is to make albums with other groups, like The Horsemen, or the Riflemen, or even that group he formed to release The Originals. So tecnically he can work for that DPGC album with no problems at all if he wants to. And if Suge is smart enough, he'll realize that's nothing but a good thing for Death Row too, i mean to squash the beef with the DPGC and possibly Dre.
^ true ... if suge was smart he would squash the beef with dpgc which I think he will not have any problems doing so, but dre I highly doubt it. When Dre cutted off all ties with deathrow, he wasn't joking. Dre doesn't want to be with anything that is slightly associated with deathrow no matter how small the association is.
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AHA HERE WE GO NOW ITS BECOMIN FUNNY YEAH AS THE DUDE HARRIS O SAID IN THE ''WELCOME TO THA ROW'' DVD HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEATH ROW THANG & HE DIDNT GET HIS MONEY BACK AHA I TELL U BROTHAS THA ROW IS OFFICIALLY DEAD COZ 107 MILLIONS PFFffff THAT PIGGY SUGE DOESNT OWN THAT KIND OF DOE & ITS ALL GOOD
BESIDE THIS WE SEE KURUPT SPEAKING HE WANT COME BACK IN HIS FAMILY AHA KURUPT IS DEAD TOO
(Please Daz can I comeback... hes suppliying 4 real ahaaaa)LOOK AT THE COWARD WORDS HE SAID(If its true)
DAZ WILL LAUGH UNTILL HE BREATHES BLOOD LOL
FUCK DPG REUNITING WHEN U MAKE A MOVE....ITS 4 LIFE BIIIITCH
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hahahhaha. about time this fat fuck got his. i wanna see him on the street begging for money, piece of shit mothafucka
thats a lot of hate for a man who you've never met.
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kurupt see's the row is gunna die so quickly makes back up with daz haha
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i wonder if suge even has that type of money laying around?
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does suge acually have that much money.. and if he does, its gotta be close to ALL his money, which means that deathrow = RIP
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W :oW...that's a lotta cheese
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That's got to hurt!
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hahahhaha. about time this fat fuck got his. i wanna see him on the street begging for money, piece of shit mothafucka
thats a lot of hate for a man who you've never met.
he killed pac, and did a whole bunch of other wack shit he deserves to die for.
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R.I.P. Death Row
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hahahhaha. about time this fat fuck got his. i wanna see him on the street begging for money, piece of shit mothafucka
thats a lot of hate for a man who you've never met.
he killed pac, and did a whole bunch of other wack shit he deserves to die for.
he killed pac??? how do u know that? there are so many rumors about Pac's death that it's amazing that people would actually believe that Suge killed Pac. i would believe that Biggie and Crips killed Pac before believing any of that Suge killin Pac shit
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i doubt she will get the money
i agree it will be appealed for several more years
Yeah, this verdict will get stretched out for the next decade. Eventually, Suge will declare bankruptcy or be shot and killed (finally).
The comment about Dre buying the deathrow masters is interesting. I never thought about that, but I could see it happening. When Dre's 50, he's going to be looking to do stuff like that, and move firmly into his businessman position, like Q & older musicians like Paul McCartney & David Bowie, etc. have done.
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hahahhaha. about time this fat fuck got his. i wanna see him on the street begging for money, piece of shit mothafucka
thats a lot of hate for a man who you've never met.
he killed pac, and did a whole bunch of other wack shit he deserves to die for.
C'mon man, that shit is old!
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pac is gone and brenda still throwing babies in the garbage
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according to napoleon she had a baby ;D so quit bitching 8)
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according to game shes still throwing babies in the garbage
fuck napoleon