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Legal issues[edit]

Sexual assault case[edit]

In November 1993, Shakur and two other men were charged in New York with sodomizing a woman in Shakur's hotel room. The woman, Ayanna Jackson, alleged that after consensual oral sex on a public dance floor, she returned a later day, when Shakur forced her to perform non-consensual oral sex on him and two other men, his road manager Charles Fuller and record executive Jacques "Haitian Jack" Agnant. Shakur was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm as two guns were found in the hotel room. Interviewed on The Arsenio Hall Show, Shakur said he was hurt that "a woman would accuse me of taking something from her", as he had been raised in a household of just females.[1]

In November 1994, Agnant's case was split off and closed via misdemeanor plea without incarceration.[2][3] In November 1994, A. J. Benza, in the New York Daily News, reported Shakur's new disdain for Jack, who the latter theorized had set him up with the case.[2][4]

On December 1, 1994, Shakur was acquitted of the sodomy and gun charges, but convicted of first-degree sexual abuse for "forcibly touching the woman's buttocks" in his hotel room. In February 1995, he was sentenced to 18 months to 4+1⁄2 years in prison by a judge who decried "an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman".[5][6]

On October 12, 1995, pending judicial appeal, Shakur was released from Clinton Correctional Facility,[7] once Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row Records, arranged for posting of his $1.4 million bond.[8] On April 5, 1996, Shakur was sentenced to 120 days in jail for violating his release terms by failing to appear for a road cleanup job,[9] but on June 8, his sentence was deferred via appeals pending in other cases.[10]

Other legal troubles[edit]

Shooting in Atlanta[edit]

In October 1993, in Atlanta, Mark Whitwell and Scott Whitwell, two brothers who were both off-duty police officers in Clayton County and Henry County respectively, were out celebrating with their wives after one of them had passed the state's bar examination. Drunk, the officers were crossing the street when a passing car carrying Shakur allegedly almost struck them. According to some reports, the two officers were at the time harassing a black motorist. [11][12]The Whitwells argued with the car's occupants and allegedly uttered racial slurs. When a second car arrived, the Whitwells ran away, as Shakur shot one officer in the buttocks and the other in the leg, back, or abdomen. [13][14] According to witnesses, it was one of the officers that first drew the gun and possibly fired it. [11][12]

Shakur was charged in the shooting. Mark Whitwell was charged with firing at Shakur's car and later with making false statements to investigators. Scott Witwell admitted to possessing a stolen fiream from a Henry County property room. [11] Although eye witnesses testified the Witwells had possibly shot at Shakur, no weapons were recovered. [11] Prosecutors ultimately dropped all charges against both parties. [12] Both brothers filed civil suits against Shakur; Mark Whitwell's was settled out of court, while Scott Whitwell's $2 million lawsuit resulted in a default judgment entered against the rapper's estate.[15][16]

Weapons possession charges[edit]

On April 1994, Shakur and his stepbrother Maurice "Mopreme" Harding were arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon in his car. Police found a loaded 9-millimeter pistol and less than half a gram of marijuana inside the car. Shakur pleaded innocent and the charges against him were dropped. However, Mopreme was found guilty of a misdemeanor and jailed.

Assault convictions[edit]

On April 5, 1993, charged with felonious assault, Shakur allegedly threw a microphone and swung a baseball bat at rapper Chauncey Wynn, of the group M.A.D., at a concert at Michigan State University. According to Shakur, the bat was a part of his show and Wynn "was scared". On September 14, 1994, Shakur pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 30 days in jail, twenty of them suspended, and ordered to 35 hours of community service.[17][18]

Slated to star as Sharif in the 1993 Hughes Brothers' film Menace II Society, Shakur was replaced by actor Vonte Sweet after allegedly assaulting one of the film's directors, his own close friend Allen Hughes. In early 1994, Shakur served 15 days in jail after being found guilty of the assault.[19][20] The prosecution's evidence included a Yo! MTV Raps interview where Shakur boasts that he had "beat up the director of Menace II Society".[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ TBTEntGroup on (March 7, 2012). "Tupac Shakur interview with "The Arsenio Hall Show" in 1994 [VIDEO]". Hip-hopvibe.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Metzler, David (Director) (2017). Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? [interview with "Haitian Jack"]. Interviewed by Soledad O'Brien; Ice-T. USA: Critical Content., premiered on television September 24, 2017, by Fox Broadasting Company.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ James, George (February 8, 1995). "Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse". The New York Times. p. B1. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  6. ^ Olan, Helaine (February 8, 1995). "Rapper Shakur Gets Prison for Assault". Los Angeles Times. p. A4.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference not-a-ganster was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Pareles, Jon (September 14, 1996). "Tupac Shakur, 25, Rap Performer Who Personified Violence, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  9. ^ "Rapper Is Sentenced to 120 Days in Jail". The New York Times. April 15, 1996. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  10. ^ "Jail Term Put On Hold For Rapper Tupac Shakur". MTV. June 8, 1996. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d "TUPAC SHAKUR'S SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE PROVES POWER TO PEOPLE". The Source.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ a b c "2Pac shoots police officers". XXL.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Smothers, Ronald (November 2, 1993). "Rapper Charged in Shootings of Off-Duty Officers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
  14. ^ "Shakur's Estate Hit With Default Claim Over Shooting". MTV News. July 20, 1998. Archived from the original on January 27, 2002. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  15. ^ Smothers, Ronald (November 2, 1993). "Rapper Charged in Shootings of Off-Duty Officers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
  16. ^ "Shakur's Estate Hit With Default Claim Over Shooting". MTV News. July 20, 1998. Archived from the original on January 27, 2002. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  17. ^ "Rapper Tupac Shakur to face assault charge". Ocala Star-Banner. September 9, 1994. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  18. ^ "Rapper sentenced for assault". The Argus. November 1, 1994. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  19. ^ Sullivan 2003, p. 80.
  20. ^ "Tupac Shakur Biography". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  21. ^ Gonzalez, Victor (May 10, 2012). "TUPAC'S TEMPER: FIVE GREATEST FREAKOUTS, FROM MTV TO JAIL TIME". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016.
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