Rap mogul Knight jailed on assault, drug charges
Published 10:51 pm Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife, police said.
Knight, 43, the founder of bankrupt Death Row Records in Los Angeles, was arrested about 6:40 a.m. on a busy street near the Las Vegas Strip. Police responding to a domestic violence call found Knight standing over his longtime girlfriend with the knife in his hand.
“He did not stab her,” said officer Jacinto Rivera, a department spokesman.
Police did not release the identity of the woman, who told officers she was Knight’s girlfriend of three years. The woman was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, according to Rivera.
Knight was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Clark County jail on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor charges of possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and domestic violence.
Diamond has voice outage
Disappointed Neil Diamond fans will get a refund after attending a concert at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, in which the 67-year-old singer’s voice sounded raspy.
Some fans left the Monday concert early and others said Diamond completed the concert without mentioning anything to the audience about his voice.
A statement from Diamond, the singer of such hits as “Sweet Caroline” and “Song Sung Blue,” on Tuesday says a doctor has diagnosed acute laryngitis.
Diamond spokeswoman Eve Samuels says the singer is offering a refund to those who place a request before Sept. 5. “I haven’t let you down before and I won’t let you down now,” the singer said in an apology on his Web site.
Actress Phillips arrested
Actress MacKenzie Phillips was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine and heroin by Los Angeles airport police Wednesday morning after the narcotics were discovered during a screening by federal security staff, authorities said.
“During a secondary screening process she was found in possession of what appeared to about a small amount of heroin and cocaine,” said Los Angeles Airport Police Sgt. Jim Holcomb. “She was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and transported to the airport station.”
Phillips, 48, was arrested about 10 a.m. during a baggage screening by Transportation Security Administration officials in Terminal 4, Holcomb said.
Phillips, who has spoken publicly about her struggles with drugs, first gained attention for her role in the movie “American Graffiti,” which was released in 1973. She went on to star in the television comedy series “One Day at a Time,” but had well-publicized problems with substance abuse during the show’s run and left the production at least twice.
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