The fiancée of Marion "Suge" Knight has been sentenced for selling a video that was sealed evidence in his murder trial.
Toi-Lin Kelly, 36, pleaded no contest to violating a court order for helping to arrange the sale of the video to the celebrity news website TMZ. A Los Angeles judge sentenced her to 100 hours of community service. She was placed on probation for five years, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Kelly must also pay $55,000 to a hamburger stand in Compton that provided surveillance video of Knight hitting two men with his truck two years ago. One man died and Knight has been charged with his murder.
The surveillance video was sealed by the court because it was evidence in Knight's trial. Kelly sold the video to TMZ for $55,000.
Kelly and her business partner, Mark Blankenship, allegedly knew that the tapes were forbidden from public release due to a court order. The two started making deals with TMZ just two weeks after the incident happened in January of 2015. "I can’t wait to get this video to you," Kelly said in a text message to a TMZ representative, according to court documents.
Mark Blankenship is also facing conspiracy charges.
Source: latimes.com
