Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac's Murder Was His Case

11/12/2024

My assignment was in South Central LA. And bullets were flying through the inky night. Literally. The story was about a white vigelante who while cruising the streets killed a black small-time drug dealer. No Tony Montana. The man who was killed traversed LA on a bike or a bus.

LAPD wanted to get the story out in order to catch the killer and prevent him from doing it all over again.

One of the victim's friends was willing to talk with me. He brought along his boombox. It was playing a catchy song.

I Get Around.

"Who is that?" I asked.

"Tupac Shakur," he replied.

When he was murdered just a few years later I pushed to do a story about it. Why? Because I saw just what an impact he had on culture.

Still does.

2Pac’s single "How Do U Want It" is a hit all over again in America, as it earns the late rapper his first smash on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart.

22/11/2024

A titan of industry gets busted for s*x trafficking in New York.

No not talking about Sean Combs. Talkin' 'bout the former CEO of
Abercrombie and Fitch, Michael Jeffries.

How come he's out on bail and Combs is not? I wondered when I first heard about that last month. BTW, conviction on these charges or not Jeffries is loathsome.
(See: Soft p**n, white supremacy, and Epstein: Abercrombie & Fitch’s sordid past | Dazed)

Today Judge Arun Subramanian is asking the prosecution to justify why Combs has not been able to bail out.

I am not wagering on this one. But this argument is Combs' best chance so far.

16/11/2024

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is 'bout to be ousted by the incoming administration.
C'est normal.

Williams also announced the indictment of Eric Adams, the mayor of the NYC.

17/09/2024

Two things I fully expected happened in federal court today.

1. Sean "Diddy" Combs pled not guilty.

2. The judge did not grant him bail.

The plan to put up 50M to stay out of jail did not pass muster.

If you read the detention memo I posted earlier today you know that the prosecution has spoken with some 50 witnesses. And they are expecting more will come forward.

But the following is even more stunning to me.

Prosecutors say they have a treasure trove of electronic evidence.

"Setting aside devices seized in connection with the defendant’s arrest, the Government has obtained over 90 cellphones, laptops, and cloud storage accounts, as well as over 30 other electronic and storage devices, such as hard drives, thumb drives, cameras, and a surveillance system. This electronic data comes from the defendant himself, as well as coconspirators, victims, and witnesses, and chronicles much of the defendant’s criminal activity as it occurs."

In court prosecutors told the judge they worry that if he were on the outside he would intimidate witnesses.

In fact they say he already has.

Another concern is that he is a flight risk.

The judge agrees.

Combs was arrested last evening at the Park Hyatt New York where Expedia will hook you up with a room there for about 1K a night.

It's not the Hamptons. It's Not Holby Hills. It's not Miami Beach. But tonight Combs will be resting his head on a cot in the NYC supplied by the government.

And it might be a good time to repeat, he is innocent until proven otherwise.

17/09/2024

Two things I fully expected in federal court today.

1. Sean "Diddy" Combs pled not guilty.

2. The judge did not grant him bail.

The plan to put up 50M to stay out of jail did not pass muster.

If you read the detention memo I posted earlier today you know that the prosecution has spoken with some 50 witnesses. And they are expecting more will come forward.

But the following is even more stunning to me.

Prosecutors say they have a treasure trove of electronic evidence.

"Setting aside devices seized in connection with the defendant’s arrest, the Government has obtained over 90 cellphones, laptops, and cloud storage accounts, as well as over 30 other electronic and storage devices, such as hard drives, thumb drives, cameras, and a surveillance system. This electronic data comes from the defendant himself, as well as coconspirators, victims, and witnesses, and chronicles much of the defendant’s criminal activity as it occurs."

In court prosecutors told the judge they worry that if he were on the outside he would intimidate witnesses.

In fact they say he already has.

Another concern is that he is a flight risk.

The judge agrees.

Combs was arrested last evening at the Park Hyatt New York where Expedia will hook you up with a room there for about 1K a night.

It's not the Hamptons. It's Not Holby Hills. It's not Miami Beach. But tonight Combs will be resting his head on a cot in the NYC supplied by the government.

And it might be a good time to repeat, he is innocent until proven otherwise.

17/09/2024

Read the detention memo for ya self.

The memo is the US Attorney's pitch to keep Sean "Diddy" Combs behind bars.

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sean-combs-detention-memo.pdf

17/09/2024

Sean Combs News Conference Today

https://www.youtube.com/live/7JeLzssqxQ8?feature=shared

You'll get some answers regarding the arrest of Sean Combs today at 11:30 EST this morning.

Must say, and I have receipts, I have been expecting this outcome for months.

The public release of Cassie Ventura's lawsuit last year was the beginning of the end. Some saw the lawsuit as a money grab. I said the day it was released and I say today I
thought Cassie was credible. That was before the grotesque video of Combs beating her came from darkness to light.

And in spite of some naysayers, I also believe that Lil Rod's illustrated lawsuit also played a big role in the investigation of
Combs.

Not to mention numerous other lawsuits. But from what I can see those two were the most influential.

After the search warrants came down that sealed it for me that there would be an arrest.

By the time the case went to the grand jury I thought there could be no other outcome but an arrest.

And note I said arrest.

An arrest is not a conviction.

Combs is innocent until proven guilty.

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13/09/2024

Nowhere else will you find an insider---an actual witness, taking you through what happened on this day 28 years ago.

Only a handful of people were there for the autopsy, including retired Las Vegas Homicide Detective Brent Becker.

Episode 2: The Autopsy - Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac's Murder Was His Case (tupacmurderpodcast.com)

27/08/2024

If you have been following my posts then you know the outcome of Keffe D's hearing today is well, like I said.

Judge Carli Kierny now says there is insufficient evidence for her to believe the source of Keffe D's bail is legit.

"I don't want to accuse anyone of anything but I have a sense that things are trying to be covered up and ultimately what is being presented to me." says Judge Kierny.

That means Keffe will stay in jail for now.

But that was not the only news that came out of Department II of Clark County's Eighth District Judicial Court today regarding Keffe.
Keffe's defense attorney, Carl Arnold, was unable to be in court. In fact Arnold iPhoned in his appearance.

So astonishingly the defendant represented himself. (It was astounding when he spoke out during his last time in court. After decades of covering stories in courtrooms around the world, ask me how many times I have seen a defendant speak out in court--without specifically being told to do so. That would be twice. Both times it was Keffe D. That's what defense attorneys are for. It's the job of defense attorneys to keep their clients from incriminating themselves in open court.)

Keffe came with a stunning accusation.
He told Judge Kierny he believes on August 9th that the prosecutors sent two deputies or "COs"(correctional officers) to his cell to "beat him up."Keffe has been diagnosed with cancer and he says he is on blood thinners.

"A bloody nose and you can die," he told the court.
The judge described the allegations as "very serious."

Which they most certainly are.

She also says those accusations had not been brought to her attention before today. Keffe also told the judge that his "California lawyer" (I am thinking it is Edi Faal) told him that such beatdowns are generally setups.
Set-ups so the inmate can be accused of violent behavior and attacking the deputies.

Keffe says the attackers also took $300 worth of food out of his cell.
He claims there is video evidence, witnesses and a medical report from the nurse.

The judge, who is a former public defender, has told Keffe to provide all the receipts of the alleged police brutality to his defense attorney so he can present them to her.

Keffe also says that family visits have been blocked.

Earlier this month the Las Vegas Sun reported that since 2019 almost 50 people have died at the Clark County Detention Center.
The jail is home to more than 50,000 inmates every year making it the biggest in Nevada.

https://www.youtube.com/live/EK-Bd3ZVrdE?feature=shared

24/07/2024

Moi. A year ago. Talking Tupac to

What I said was....

Did you know that the original investigators of the murder of Tupac Shakur were on their way to interview Keefe D some 27 years ago at a federal prison in downtown LA when they were stopped?
You would know if you listened to my podcast, Tupac's Murder Was His Case---or watched this morning when I chatted with CBS News.
Keefe D was the target of Las Vegas Metro's search warrant last week.

23/07/2024

It seems like only yesterday that Judge Carli Kierny put the kibosh on Wack 100's efforts to bail Keffe D out of jail.

In a few hours the judge will take up the issue again.

Last month she had two basic objections.

First, she questioned the origin of the bail money.

And she was also not down with the idea of a quid pro put on a show. In other words, she objects to Keffe D's bail money being traded
for the promise of creating content about his alleged involvement in Tupac Shakur's murder.

It's a murky area of the law---or laws called Son of Sam or slayer statutes. They are designed so that perpetrators do not benefit from their crimes.

My question---for months--has been how can those laws apply to Keffe if he has not been convicted?

Keffe D's defense attorney has wondered the same. And he has asked the judge to reconsider. Fair enough.

Well, the prosecutors wants Keffe to stay put. So much so that they have revealed more evidence. Including proof, they say, that
Keffe's wife booked a hotel room in Vegas for the night Tupac was killed.

So will Keffe walk free? Or will he stay?

I am betting on him staying. Not so much because of the Son of Sam law.
More because of questions about the origin of the bail money.

At this point I have no idea if the defense has been able to get their money right.

Stay tuned. I will.

27/06/2024

https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/tupac-murder-las-vegas-judge-denies-releasing-keffe-d-from-jail-over-bail-concerns/

To the surprise of ah, nobody, the judge in the Keffe D case has filed a minute order this afternoon and officially denied releasing him on bail.

If you watched the hearing yesterday you know it was messy.

So this means--Wack 100 gets his money back.

Keffe will have to continue eating bad jail food.

And things will be more complicated if a content creator wants to engineer a quid pro let's put on a show.

It seems middlemen are not welcome.

In the middle of yesterday's court confab I mused that the best that could be expected was a delay in the decision.

Well that delay was not even 24 hours.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge officially declined to allow an entertainment manager to pay bail for the man accused of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur over concerns paying bond was actu…

25/06/2024

I have just been in contact with a source within Judge Carli Kierny's courtroom. And I confirmed the following:

*The judge has not, I repeat has NOT made a final decision about Keffe D's bail.

*The matter is "under advisement."*There is no timetable regarding when she will make a decision.

*One of the reasons bail is under advisement is because Judge Kearny wants to review Wack 100's financials.

know

25/06/2024

Just got real.
Wack swearing in so he can be questioned about putting up Keffe D's bail.

https://www.ktnv.com/news/crime/duane-keefe-d-davis-tells-court-he-can-pay-750k-bail-for-release-ahead-of-tupac-murder-trial
Edited

Davis, also known as "Keefe D," informed the court that he can now pay the $750,000 it will take to get him out of jail.

22/06/2024

Veteran Vegas jail bondsman Gino Caruso told me during my podcast, "Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac's Murder Was His Case" just how rare 750K bail is in Clark County.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/$750-000-bail/id1583806206?i=1000641121104

21/06/2024

Eight News Now in Las Vegas reports that Keffe D has secured his 750K bail.
You may recall that the man charged will killing Tupac Shakur was granted bail months ago--January 9th to be precise.
There is a big step before he alights from Clark County Jail and trades his navy jail uniform for a monitoring device. Judge Carli Kierny will have to get the tea on where the cheddah is coming from.
That's set to happen next Tuesday.
Have spent the last six months wondering if the money would come from a content creator. 🤔
His trial is set for trial early November.

It's funny. I frequently check on Keffe's jail status. And I was doing so early this morning when I heard the news.

Stay tuned.

Might it be time for another episode of Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac's Murder Was His Case?

I have sooooo many questions.



://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/tupac-murder-keffe-d-secures-750k-bail-to-leave-las-vegas-jail/

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur has secured money to post his $750,000 bail, which could put him on house arrest pending trial, the 8 N…

16/06/2024

HBD Tupac.It's hard to imagine what might have been.As an actor.As a recording artistAs a record label mogul.As a human.
I would much rather do a story about the man he became versus the mystery of how his life ended.