Suge Knight gets 10 months in prison for parole violation after hitting parking valet

Marion "Suge" Knight is back in jail. The founder of Death Row Records, now known as Tha Row, was given 10 months in prison after a parole board found that he struck a nightclub parking valet (JET, July 21).

Knight, 37, who had been jailed since late June, faced a maximum sentence of a year in prison for the parole violation, following the incident at the White Lotus Club in Los Angeles.

Bill Sessa, a spokesman for the Board of Prison Terms, said that Knight has been credited for time spent behind bars. Knight's attorney, Rose Kogeman, declined to comment after the hearing.

Mehdi Lazrak, the 25-year-old alleged victim, said that Knight never hit him. "I never said I was hit by him. I don't know how the police got that idea," said Lazrak, who said he was hit from behind on the back of the head. Authorities believe Lazrak didn't see who hit him, Sessa said.

This was the second time that Knight had been arrested on suspicion of violating his parole for a 1996 felony assault conviction. Earlier this year he was arrested for violating the terms of his parole. That parole violation involved his association with a reputed gang member.