Keefe D Claims His Stories About 2Pac’s Murder Were For ‘Entertainment’
After describing the night of Tupac Shakur’s murder in video interviews and a book, Keefe D now claims that his past stories were fiction.
According to a report 8 News Now published on Monday, December 19, lawyers for Duane “Keefe D” Davis filed a motion for their client to be released from jail with either an ankle monitor or bail set at no more than $100,000. In the court documents, they asserted that Davis’ previous statements about being in the car with the alleged men who fired deadly shots at the revered rapper and Suge Knight near the Las Vegas strip 27 years ago were for “entertainment purposes.”“The book and video interviews were produced for a financial benefit under the belief that Duane had immunity,” Davis’ lawyers wrote. “Duane was paid a substantial amount of money to give his interviews on YouTube.”
“The truthfulness of the content of the interviews was never verified,” they added. “The book and interviews were done for entertainment purposes and to make money from a situation that Kading and others had already profited.”
Davis had told the story of the shooting the led to Shakur’s death in a 2018 BET interview, a 2019 sit-down with DJ Vlad and rehashed it in his book “Compton Street Legend: Notorious Keffe D’s Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Crooked Cops.” His attorneys said the prosecution didn’t submit any direct evidence that links Davis to the shooting outside of what’s in the book, which he wrote with famed author Yusuf Jah.
Davis’ attorneys also said that Davis believed he had immunity from the case due to an agreement with the Los Angeles Police Department during their investigation of The Notorious B.I.G.’s murder. They also ensured the judge that Davis is not a threat to the community nor is he a flight risk. They also claimed jail is impacting Davis’ health amid his battle with colon cancer.
Davis is accused of ordering the hit on Tupac Shakur and was charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He pleaded not guilty. His next hearing is January 2, 2024.
