Suge Knight’s Former Lawyer Disbarred After He Tried to Bribe Witnesses in Knight’s Murder Trial

According to KTLA, Suge Knight‘s former lawyer has been permanently disbarred from practicing law after pleading guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy and perjury charges.

Matthew Fletcher, 57, who represented Knight when he faced murder charges in 2016, pleaded no contest to conspiracy and perjury charges.

During Knight’s murder trial, Fletcher was accused of bribing potential witnesses.

Prosecutors charged Fletcher with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit subornation of perjury, conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice, and accessory after the fact after obtaining a warrant to listen in on Fletcher and Knight’s jailhouse phone calls.

It is alleged that Fletcher attempted to pay witnesses to testify that there were guns near the scene of the 2016 incident when Knight struck two men with his truck, which would corroborate his claim that he acted in self-defense.

Fletcher also allegedly told Knight it would cost him “$20,000 to $25,000” to obtain his freedom. He was also accused of plotting to pay the man who survived.

According to Billboard, Fletcher’s attorney, Alexandra Kazarian, said Fletcher’s trial was a “travesty of justice.” She also claimed that the presiding judge had “telegraphed over and over since the start, that he was gunning to send him to prison for the maximum sentence.”

“The forces that be combined to target him and take him out of rotation,” Kazarian said. “This was an orchestrated hit, and he definitely went down fighting. It’s not the result I was hoping for, but it was the smartest move he could’ve made.”

Fletcher has agreed to stop practicing law to avoid jail time and will receive five years of probation.