Tupac Shakur’s family has opened a new front in the long-running fight over his killing, filing a wrongful-death lawsuit in Los Angeles that targets Duane “Keffe D” Davis and dozens of unnamed co-conspirators. The complaint, brought by Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur as administrator of the estate of Mutulu Shakur, leans on recently surfaced material, including grand-jury transcripts and a Netflix documentary, to argue the 1996 drive-by was part of a wider conspiracy. The suit asks for court-ordered discovery to identify the “John Does” it says were involved and seeks unspecified damages, landing just as Davis, the only person criminally charged so far, heads toward a summer trial.
Lawsuit Filed In Los Angeles Superior Court
Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur filed the complaint Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, listing Duane “Keffe D” Davis along with “John Does 1–100” as defendants. In the filing, he identifies himself as administrator of the estate of Mutulu Shakur and asks the court for wide discovery powers to unmask any still-unknown participants. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, the complaint says that after years of silence and dead ends, “threads are starting to come together.”
What The Complaint Alleges
According to the filing, investigators now have leads that go beyond the white Cadillac in which Davis has long admitted he was riding on the night of the shooting. The estate signals it will amend the suit once discovery turns up additional names. The complaint calls out grand-jury transcripts from Davis’ criminal case and interviews featured in the Netflix series “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” as fresh avenues the estate wants to chase in civil court. TheWrap, which reviewed the paperwork, notes that the family is framing the lawsuit as both a bid for damages and a tool to identify more alleged co-conspirators…