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Suge Knight: A timeline of the rap mogul's legal and medical troubles

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A look at Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight's troubles over the past 20 years, including run-ins with the law ranging from assaults to driving violations:

- 1996: Knight was sent to prison for nearly five years for badly beating a rival with rapper Tupac Shakur at a Las Vegas hotel. The beating came shortly before Shakur suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

- 2002: Knight was jailed for violating his probation by associating with gang members in Los Angeles.

- 2003: He went back to jail on a parole violation after punching a parking lot attendant outside a Hollywood nightclub.

- 2005: Knight was shot in the leg during an MTV Video Music Awards pre-party in Miami. No arrests were made.

- 2006: Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy, and a Los Angeles judge ordered a trustee to take it over because of gross mismanagement.

- 2009: Knight was hospitalized for treatment of facial injuries following a fight at a hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona.

- 2013: The rap music figure was arrested on an outstanding warrant and later released after being pulled over for a traffic violation in Los Angeles.

- 2014: Ahead of the MTV Video Music Awards, Knight was shot during an altercation at a Hollywood nightclub at a party not affiliated with the cable network.

- 2014: Knight was charged with robbery involving a camera theft in Beverly Hills. He pleaded not guilty and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted because of his criminal history.

- 2015: Knight was arrested on suspicion of murder in a hit-and-run wreck that killed a man and injured another. He turned himself in to authorities on Jan. 30 after, his attorney said, the rap mogul accidentally ran over and killed a friend and injured another man as he fled attackers.

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