Nipsey Hussle in 2019 has reportedly been assaulted while in jail.As Rolling Stone reports, the 32-year-old Eric Holder Jr. was unable to attend his trial regarding the case on Tuesday (June 28).
This was supposedly due to injuries he sustained in custody, shortly after leaving a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday afternoon (June 27).It’s not clear where the altercation took place, as Holder is meant to be kept separate from other inmates when being transported to and from his court appearances.Holder’s public defender, Aaron Jansen, told Rolling Stone that he had been “attacked by two inmates and beaten” during the assault. “He was cut with a razor in the back of his head and received three staples.
His face is swollen and his eye is swollen.”Holder is accused of shooting Hussle outside his Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019.
According to prosecutors, Hussle was shot 10 times, with bullets striking him in his head and torso, and severing his spine.Holder was indicted on one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
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