Suge Knight Hospitalized Again After Telling Judge He Fired His Attorneys
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was hospitalized again Monday during a court hearing in which he said he fired his attorneys.
Knight initially appeared in one courtroom to have his robbery and murder cases, which were being heard separately at the Compton and Airport Branch courthouses, transferred to one judge in downtown Los Angeles.
During the hearing, Knight complained of continuing medical problems, saying he has lost about 35 pounds since being jailed for allegedly running over two men in Compton, killing one of them.
"At this time, I don't know if I can proceed," Knight told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin. In addition to losing weight, Knight said he was "100 percent blind in one eye," was losing vision in his other eye and was sometimes disoriented.
Knight reminded the judge that he had been shot six times, referring to an August shooting at a Los Angeles-area nightclub.
"Sometimes I can't comprehend what's going on," Knight said.
Brandlin repeatedly warned Knight not to interrupt him, trying to speak directly to his attorneys, David Kenner and Brett Greenfield.
Knight told the judge, "I fired these attorneys."
His cases were transferred to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen. But before Coen could convene a separate hearing, he announced that Knight had been taken to a hospital.
Coen scheduled a discovery hearing for March 9 and bail-review hearing for March 20.
Outside the courtroom, Kenner declined to comment on what had prompted his client's apparent change of heart or whether he would be representing Knight next week.
Knight is charged with one count each of murder and attempted murder and two counts of hit-and-run for allegedly running down two men in Compton on Jan. 29, killing one and injuring the other following an argument.
He is also accused along with comedian Micah "Katt" Williams with stealing a camera from a paparazzo in Beverly Hills on Sept. 5.
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