Suge Knight Rushed To Hospital For Panic Attack Minutes After Pleading Not Guilty For Murder

Hip Hop mogul and Death Row Records founder, Suge Knight was rushed to the hospital with a panic attack minutes after pleading not guilty to murdering his friend and attempting to kill another man in a hit-and-run. Wearing a Los Angeles County orange inmate jumpsuit, Knight, 49, stood in a defendant's box next to his attorneys and intently read the complaint against him at the hearing in a high security courtroom in Compton, California.

Knight has been held at the Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail since Friday, when he surrendered to authorities at the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station.

The 49-year-old, who glanced back into the gallery several times, was taken to hospital after suffering a panic attack, reports TMZ.

Law enforcement sources said he was in the lockup area next to the courtroom when he began experiencing chest pains and he was taken to hospital via an ambulance. He pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and other charges filed.

He is accused of intentionally running down two men, including a friend, in Compton on Thursday after an argument on a movie set.

However, his attorney James Blatt has said the collision was an accident that occurred as Knight was trying to flee an altercation in which he was assaulted.

Credits: TMZ | DailyMail | Reuters