LAS VEGAS – A judge on Tuesday once again denied a request to release an ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader before his murder trial in the 1996 killing of iconic hip-hop star Tupac Shakur. The judge, Carli Kierny, expressed suspicions of a cover-up related to the source of funding for the bond that would secure his release.

The decision came after attorney Carl Arnold, representing Duane “Keffe D” Davis, promised to provide additional financial records to prove the legitimacy of the funds. However, the judge remained unconvinced after receiving two identical letters purportedly from an entertainment company that funded the bail. One letter had a name unassociated with the company, while the other had a misspelled name and a return address linked to a doctor’s office.

“I have a sense that things are trying to be covered up,” Kierny remarked during the hearing.

The situation escalated when Arnold disclosed that the bond dealer had provided instructions on the letters’ content to the entertainment company, implicating potential illegitimacy. Prosecutor Binu Palal condemned the bond dealer’s actions and warned of possible investigation into submitting false documents to the court.

Davis has been seeking release since his 2023 arrest, making him the sole individual ever charged in the unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur, a pivotal moment in hip-hop history.

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