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12/01/04
 Police Investigating Suge Knight
Less than two weeks after the Vibe Awards fracas, investigators are looking into whether Suge Knight, who has held ill will toward Dr. Dre since splitting with the platinum producer, could have been involved in the attack. Dr. Dre was assaulted and struck twice moments before he was scheduled to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at event held at the Santa Monica airport on November 16th. The attack sparked a melee and the assailant was stabbed and seriously wounded.
Dre was not injured in the incident and later defiantly took the stage to accept his award. He reportedly met with police officials on Monday and requested that his attacker, Jimmy "James" Johnson, be charged with assault and battery.
The incident was captured on tape and authorities accused G-Unit's Young Buck of stabbing Johnson after reviewing the footage. The Nashville rapper turned himself in the following week and is now out on bail.
Suge Knight, who reportedly managed to attend the soiree without invitation and was seated a few feet behind Dre, has denied any involvement in the attack. Milton Grimes, who previously represented Suge and now handles Johnson, dismissed the allegations and ties between Suge and his client.
"We are conducting an investigation to determine whether any parole violations took place with [Knight] at the awards show," Alfred Martinez, Los Angeles regional parole administrator for the Corrections Department told the Los Angeles Times. "Mr. Knight has some special conditions attached to his parole, and we are working with the Santa Monica police to evaluate all the circumstances that took place that evening."
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