Duane “Keefe D” Davis, charged in connection with Tupac Shakur’s murder, has been denied release over legitimacy concerns surrounding his bail money.
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On June 20, Davis notified the Clark County District Court in Nevada that he’d be able to post his $750,000 bail, and had to verify where the funds came from five days later. However, he was denied release due to concerns over the legitimacy of the funds provided by music manager Cash “Wack 100” Jones, KTNV have reported.
Jones – who manages the likes of The Game and Blueface – appeared in court via video link, and said that the down payment for $112,500 was a “gift”. However, Judge Carli Kierny wrote, “The court cannot say that Mr. Davis has shown the funds were legally obtained.”
Earlier this month, Jones appeared on VladTV, saying he’d bail Davis out if he allowed him to make a TV series about his life. “It’s only $75,000,” he said, “I’ve been thinking about going to get him with the stipulations that I’ll do the series on it.”
Shakur was murdered in 1996. CREDIT: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images
Jones told the court that he sometimes makes comments for entertainment purposes, and to drive engagement: “That’s what I said to Vlad, but Keefe D is already involved with somebody. I have no contracts with him.”
He continued: “Before you go on Vlad, you have a discussion about what you’re going to talk about and what needs to be said to draw up views. There’s nothing about Vlad and nothing about YouTube that says that we’re being truthful about what we’re saying for entertainment.”
Prosecutors then displayed a recorded jailhouse phone call between Jones and Davis, in which they appeared to be discussing some sort of contract. Jones said on the call, “You got to remember, this shit can set you up for the rest of your life. I will get you out, and then we’ll sit down and talk about all that.”
Kierny came to the conclusion that the bank records Jones provided were “insufficient to make the requisite showing that the $112,500 bail premium was paid by a legitimate source,” according to KOLO 8.
Davis was taken into custody in September 2023 for his alleged involvement in the murder of rap icon Shakur. Las Vegas Police arrested Davis on September 29, just over two months after a house owned by his wife had been raided by police, with documents stating police were looking for items “concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur.”
Davis, a former member of the Compton Crips gang, pleaded not guilty on November 2. He had been known to investigators for some time before his arrest, and has said in the past that he was in the Cadillac from which the shots at Shakur were fired in 1996.
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