The self-confessed gangster charged with Tupac’s ɱυɾɖєɾ was seen in footage from the courtroom having to be calmed down by his lawyer
FURIOUS self-confessed gangster Keefe D raged at prosecutors and a former Los Angeles detective during his intense bail bond hearing on Tuesday.
Keefe D looked downcast as Judge Carli Kierny decided she would consider whether he could be freed after a 45-minute hearing in courtroom 12B at the Las Vegas Judicial Court.
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lawyer Carl Arnold, argued that Keefe was legally allowed to make money from his reputation given he was not convicted for Pac’s d3athCredit: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Keefe D needed to be calmed down by his attorney Carl ArnoldCredit: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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The former Compton crime boss hoped to be released so he could delve into the movie sceneCredit: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Tupac Shakur was killed in 1996Credit: AP
The one-time Compton crime boss Keefe had hoped to be released from jail to raise cash by filming a reality show and discuss potential movie projects.
His lawyer Carl Arnold, argued that Keefe was legally allowed to make money from his reputation given he was not convicted for Pac’s d3ath.
However, prosecutors argued that Keefe’s bail money was supplied by a friend who had “deceived ” the court and freeing him would be dangerous to the community.
Last month Kierny expressed concern about Keefe – real name Duane Davis – earning money from the case, and denied bail over uncertainty about the source of the bail bond supplied by rap entertainer Cash “Wack 100” Jones.
Prosecutors called out Jones and Keefe in court stating the pair had misled the judge over Jones’ motive for handing out a $112,500 bail bond.
Keefe denied having struck any deal with Jones for TV projects in the hearing with Jones insisting that was not his business plan.
But prosecutors referenced recorded jail phone calls where Keefe, speaking to his wife Paula, discussed how Cash Jones had a “Jewish partner” from “Paragon” offering a TV deal.
The State played Jones telling Keefe he’d “spoken to television ‘big wigs'”…and ” that his priority is to get at least ten episodes done before Defendant’s trial starts. ”
Getting heated Keefe, 61, stared at prosecutors declaring: “They are not only ugly on the outside but they are ugly on the inside.
Keefe launched his tirade about “ these two dudes right here” referring to Chief Deputy District Attorneys and prosecutors Marc DiGiacomo and Binu Palal.
The Tupac ɱυɾɖєɾ suspect also vented about evidence from his own confessions to police officers in Los Angeles being referenced in court papers over his trial.
Keefe, who his lawyer described as “The Godfather Of Compton” during the hearing, fired off against retired LAPD task force officer Greg Kading.
Kading was central to Keefe’s taped confession of being responsible for Tupac’s 1996 killing – which originally protected him from prosecution in a “proffer deal.”
The two-and-a-half-hour tape – which the U.S. Sun has played several extracts from in the last six months – has been submitted into evidence by prosecutors in the case.
At Tuesday’s hearing, DiGiacomo referenced a “box” with “substantial evidence” from the LAPD 2008 Biggie Smalls gang task probe, being assessed for potential use as evidence in Keefe’s prosecution.
That revelation prompted Keefe to address Judge Carli Kierny directly about his feelings on the case and Kading, who has written a book and given interviews detailing how Keefe was the “shot caller” for the assassination.
Keefe, ignoring Kierny’s request to address the court through his lawyer Carl Arnold, said: “Greg Kading had them boxes in his house for 15 years in his attic doing all kind of TV interviews. Them boxes should not be allowed…it is tainted evidence. The man broke a proffer agreement.”
Standing Keefe then made allegations against Kading: “And he broke the law. All kinds of stuff. A federal judge in LA did a 142-page thing about it. Look it up on the internet.”
The self-confessed drug dealer then acted out Kading picking out files from boxes and accusing him of passing details on “any internet site”
Kierny calmly explained to Keefe that it was uncertain which aspects of the Kading evidence would be used by the state.
That enraged the suspect, dressed in blue CCDC overalls, who raised his voice, firing back: “They just used something in those boxes. from 1996. They know what they did.”
“They crashed my family in this,” ranted Keefe.
“They did my daughter first, then my son, and they just did my wife in the last papers . These two dudes right here.”
Kierny responded: “Alright.
“At this point there is nothing before me to exclude any sort of evidence. There’s been no motion filed about proffer. I don’t know if Mr Arnold plans on challenging that or not.”
“Thank you, judge,” Keefe said before sitting down.
The rant came at the end of the 45-minute court session where Kierny failed to render a decision.
Kierny said: “There are a couple of things I need to look at.”
“I will let you guys know in the next day or two.”
Keefe, who denies charges despite making multiple confessions for being the kill shot caller, faces life imprisonment if he is convicted of the ɱυɾɖєɾ of Tupac on September 7, 1996.
Keefe’s outburst comes just five days after prosecutors filed a bombshell 179-page court motion urging for bail denial, outlining new details in their evidence.
The former crime boss reportedly blames Kading for his legal problems in recent years despite giving multiple media interviews and writing a memoir about his key role in killing Tupac.
In 2020, before Keefe was arrested and charged, Kading told The U.S Sun: “I cannot think of any case in American crime history where a confessing ɱυɾɖєɾer is allowed to continue and go speak blatantly about his involvement in a crime. It is unprecedented.
“I have no vendetta against him, but he has spoken publicly now about his role in Tupac’s ɱυɾɖєɾ. He has admitted he got the Glock hand gun for Anderson. His confession, which has been corroborated, is more than enough to arrest him and resolve the case and end it from being an unresolved investigation.
“He is profiting from his infamy.”
Since his summer 2023 arrest, prosecutors have pushed for Keefe to remain behind bars before his trial suggesting he remains “a danger to the community” and alleged he’d discussed having a potential witness killed.
The state described Keefe as having a “reputation as a brutal gang leader, prior record, the nature of the offense, and the danger represented to the community” as reasons for issuing a detention order.
The one-time drug kingpin of Compton even worked with LA officers to set up an undercover drug deal in a bid to implicate hip hop mogul Diddy in the rapper’s ɱυɾɖєɾ, damning court filings allege.
The court motion presented testimony Keefe worked undercover with a special LAPD task force initially set up to investigate the ɱυɾɖєɾ of Biggie Smalls after volunteering information about his role in Pac’s fatal shooting.
His role as an informant was so significant that he flew to New York in an attempt to implicate others in the Tupac ɱυɾɖєɾ.
During a recorded interview with officers, David had alleged that Diddy – real name Sean Combs – offered him a million dollars for Tupac’s ɱυɾɖєɾ.
Diddy has always denied any involvement in the killing.
DiGiacomo and Palal wrote that Keefe “became an active Confidential Informant for the Task Force”, alleging he flew with officers to New York to “corroborate the conspiracy” to commit Tupac’s ɱυɾɖєɾ in 2009.
It explains that detectives “believed they had jurisdiction to investigate a Nevada homicide because Defendant [Keefe] asserted that the conspiracy to commit the ɱυɾɖєɾ began in California between Defendant, Eric ‘Zip’ Martin, and Sean Combs.”
Diddy, has spent three decades refuting links to Tupac’s killing, appears to be further implicated in the court papers when prosecutors summarize one of Keefe’s other interviews, and state:
“Sean Combs reaches out to Defendant wondering if South Side Crips were responsible for Shakur’s d3ath by asking, ‘Is that us?’
“Defendant, beaming with pride, answers, ‘Yes.'”
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ierny calmly explained to Keefe that it was uncertain which aspects of the Kading evidence would be used by the stateCredit: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
