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"Suge" Knight ordered to pay $107 million |
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A Los Angeles judge ordered Rap impresario Marion "Suge" Knight to pay Lydia Harris $47 million in economic and noneconomic damages and $60 million in punitive damages, according to a March 9 order. Harris claimes she helped found Death Row Records ex- home of rap stars, Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, but was pushed out after Knight realized how valuable Death Row Records was. Superior Court Judge Ronald Sohigian issued the default judgment after ruling Knight and his attorneys failed to comply with his order to share evidence with Harris and her attorneys in preparation for trial. David Casselman, an attorney for Harris, said his client faced a new battle in trying to collect from Death Row and Knight. Harris, a music producer and aspiring singer, and her husband invested money in the company at its founding on the belief that she would be a 50 percent owner, Casselman said.
Harris was initially listed on corporate documents as a vice president but was later dropped from the corporate charter without her knowledge, he said.
"It's difficult to say what his total assets are, but we believe that between the interest that he owns in Death Row Records assets and real property that he has transferred into names of associates, it's a considerable amount," Casselman said. "It's tens of millions of dollars."
Casselman said Harris must now fight "the transfers of property to people who are hiding it ... for him."
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