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Citing illness, Suge Knight refuses to leave cell for court

FILE - This April 8, 2015 file photo shows former rap mogul Marion "Suge'' Knight appears in a Los Angeles court on charges that he and comedian Micah "Katt" Williams stole a photographer's camera in Beverly Hills, Calif. Knight refused to attend a court hearing on Wednesday May 27, 2015, in a robbery case filed after a celebrity photographer accused him and comedian Katt Williams of stealing her camera last year. A Los Angeles judge said Knight told deputies he was too sick to come to court. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan, Pool, File) FILE - This April 8, 2015 file photo shows former rap mogul Marion "Suge'' Knight appears in a Los Angeles court on charges that he and comedian Micah "Katt" Williams stole a photographer's camera in Beverly Hills, Calif. Knight refused to attend a court hearing on Wednesday May 27, 2015, in a robbery case filed after a celebrity photographer accused him and comedian Katt Williams of stealing her camera last year. A Los Angeles judge said Knight told deputies he was too sick to come to court. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan, Pool, File)

By Associated Press May 27, 2015 1 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has delayed a hearing in Suge Knight’s robbery case after the former rap music mogul told deputies he was too sick to leave his jail cell.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen says he almost ordered Marion “Suge” Knight forcibly removed from his downtown Los Angeles cell for Wednesday’s hearing. But he instead delayed the proceedings to coincide with a Friday hearing in Knight’s murder case.

The 50-year-old Death Row Records co-founder is charged along with comedian Katt Williams with stealing a celebrity photographer’s camera in September. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

Knight has no attorney in the robbery case, and Coen says he might appoint him counsel at Friday’s hearing.