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Judge Takes Control Of Suge Knight's Assets

A judge said on Thursday he would take control of Marion "Suge" Knight's assets, including his Death Row Records label, after finding the rap mogul had avoided paying a $107 million civil court judgment. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald Sohigian said Knight, who co-founded Death Row

with rapper Dr. Dre in the early 1990s and helped launch the careers of performers Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur, could stave off the order if he fully disclosed his assets in a debtor's exam set for April 1. Sohigian said he would appoint a court officer to take over Knight's finances because he had failed to make good on a $107 million judgment won last March by Lydia Harris, who claimed he cheated her out of a 50 percent stake in the rap label.

"Because he had a long history of deceiving the court and avoiding payment, I asked the court to appoint a receiver to take over," Harris' attorney, Rex Julian Beaber, said. "If Knight cooperates in providing the information, he can ask the court to remove the receiver. But I don't think there's a chance in hell Knight is going to cooperate."

Beaber said Knight, 40, who saw his rap empire wither while he served two stints in prison since 1996, had spent the past year "playing games" in court to avoid paying the judgment.

"There has been a very, very protracted history of difficulty in the case," Sohigian said in issuing his ruling. A lawyer for Knight, Dermot Givens, said later the judge had not formally signed an order taking control of the rap mogul's assets, and Givens expected to have it overturned by proving Knight and Harris had reached a settlement in the case.

"In May of 2005, she received a million dollars and rights to various music, and she signed a settlement agreement," Givens told Reuters. He said Harris was trying to back out of that settlement under pressure from her ex-husband, Michael, who would be entitled to share in the original $107 million judgment. The judge has not signed off on any settlement between Knight and Harris. Beaber and a lawyer for Michael Harris, Steven Goldberg, said there was no such agreement and Goldberg predicted Knight would ultimately lose control of his record label. "I think it's a death knell for Death Row," Goldberg told reporters outside court.

Corey 'C-Murder' Miller Let Out Of Prison

Corey Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, was at his Louisiana home under house arrest Tuesday after having his murder conviction overturned.Miller posted $500,000 bond Monday night, more than a week after the Louisiana Supreme Court wiped out

his second-degree murder conviction and life in prison sentence for the 2002 slaying of a teenager outside a club in Harvey, La., MTV.com reported Tuesday.

The high court ruled prosecutors should have told the jury about the criminal pasts of witnesses who testified against Miller. No decision has been made on whether he would be tried again.

Miller's attorney said his client would remain under home confinement until prosecutors announce whether or not he would stand trial again. Miller also put up $250,000 bond in an attempted murder case filed against him Baton Rouge. A May 30 date has been set for first motions in his trial for allegedly shooting a club owner and patron in August 2001.

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Judge Steps Down From Shyne Case!

The New York judge assigned to decide whether Shyne should be allowed to keep his recording contract advances has recused himself from the case.

Judge Howard Ruditzky stepped down from the case Monday, saying a relative had dealings with an attorney representing rapper Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

Barrow, who has changed his name to Moses Michael Leviy, is challenging the New York "Son of Sam" law, which keeps convicts from profiting off of anything having to do with their crime.

His attorneys argue he should be allowed to keep the hundreds of thousands of dollars he made in advances from his record label because his music had no relation to the 1999 shootout that resulted in his incarceration.