Ex-rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight’s lawyer: New video of deadly wreck helps defence in murder case

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ILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, file photo, Marion "Suge" Knight, right, is joined by his attorney David Kenner, left, during his arraignment, in Compton, Calif. Knight is due to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, March 9, 2015, for a hearing to discuss the handover of evidence from prosecutors in a murder case filed after the Death Row Records killed a man after running over him in Compton in late January. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool, File)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The new attorney for former rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight says newly released video shows his client was attacked before his pickup truck ran over two men, killing one.

Celebrity news website TMZ posted Monday what appears to be surveillance video from a fast-food restaurant.

The camera recorded a red pickup truck pulling into the parking lot. A man approaches the driver’s side window, when defence attorney Matt Fletcher says Knight was attacked.

The video shows the man getting knocked down as the pickup reverses. The truck then speeds forward, running over the fallen man and a second man.

Knight has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges.

After a brief hearing Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Fletcher told reporters the footage helps Knight’s case.

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