Keefe D‘s lawyers have claimed that statements he made regarding 2Pac’s murder were just for “entertainment purposes.”
Keefe (real name Duane Davis) is the only person to ever be charged with ‘Pac’s 1996 murder and faces trial next year having pled not guilty.
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The former gang member’s legal team have now requested that he be released from jail ahead of the trial and be granted bail, which he has been refused ever since he was arrested in September.
According to KTNV, his attorneys listed a number of reasons for the request in their motion, including that many public statements made by Keefe D relating to the murder of the rap legend were for “entertainment purposes.”
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They claim that prosecutors have relied on excerpts from Davis’ 2019 book Compton Street Legend, which was co-written by Yusuf Jah, and “did not delineate which parts of the book, if any, were written by Duane.”
They also referenced interviews their client has given about 2Pac’s death in recent years, claiming an “astounding amount of hearsay and speculative testimony” was presented to the grand jury that chose to indict the 60-year-old.
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“The truthfulness of the content of the interviews was never verified,” they argue in the filing. “The book and interviews were done for entertainment purposes and to make money from a situation that [LAPD officers] and others had already profited [from].”
Keefe D’s lawyers also claim that he has been suffering from ill health while incarcerated. He previously revealed a colon cancer diagnosis.
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“He is not getting his bi-monthly oncologist check-ups. Additionally, his heart health has declined,” the petition reads. “He was put back on a group of medications to try to get things under control.
“He has to take these medications in the jail because he is unable to do the things necessary to maintain proper health. His diet in jail is terrible. He is given heavily-processed meals full of sodium that barely pass as food.”
Keefe D was arrested for the murder of 2Pac in September following a search of his home, marking the first-ever arrest in the 27-year-old case. His next court date is scheduled for January 1 while the trial is set to begin on June 3, 2024.
While Keefe has been arrested for the murder of the rap legend, it is not believed that he pulled the trigger but was in the car that pulled up alongside 2Pac and Suge Knight in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 and fired several shots.
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He is the only living suspect in the case.
Prosecutors allege that ‘Pac was shot as retaliation for beating up Keefe’s nephew and fellow gang member Orlando Anderson in a Vegas casino earlier that night.
