Notorious B.I.G. Estate Claims Inmate Who Changed His Testimony Is Lying
Published: Tuesday - October 30, 2007
Words by Ronnie Gamble
Notorious B.I.G. (Photo: Bad Boy)
The estate of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. filed a federal court motion on Monday (October 29) claiming that a prison inmate who previously implicated a former police officer in the killing was lying when he recanted his testimony.
According to the Associated Press, the motion seeks access to phone and prison visitation records for Waymond Anderson, a former R&B artist now serving a life sentence for murder in a separate case.
B.I.G.'s estate argues that records will reveal holes in Anderson's recanted testimony.
The informant -- in his August 20th deposition -- accused the family of Notorious B.I.G. (real name: Christopher Wallace) and their lawyer of offering a percentage of any settlement received from the city of Los Angeles if he testified that former Los Angeles Officer, Rafael Perez, had told him that another ex-officer, David Mack, was involved in the murder, despite the two ex-officers long denying any involvement in the killing.
Monday's filing claims Anderson took back his previous testimony as part of an orchestrated attempt to "negatively affect public sentiment and the jury pool," reports the AP.
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