The family of Tupac Shakur, Tupac’s stepbrother Maurice Shakur, has filed a new wrongful death lawsuit against the late rapper’s accused killer Duane “Keefe D” Davis.
Tupac Shakur’s stepbrother Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur filed a new wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday (April 28) against Duane “Keffe Davise” over his alleged rap, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday (April 29).
Mopreme claims in his new lawsuit that the defendants were involved in “a complex conspiracy to murder Tupac that involved more than just revenge for a previous altercation.”
“Many of those involved are long dead, while others are difficult to identify,” the complaint reads. “However, one thing is for sure: there are still people involved in Tupac’s murder, but for 30 years, none of them have been held accountable for their crimes.”
“This action is intended to change that,” the complaint continues.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Mopreme listed Keefe D and John Does as “individuals who may be involved in planning, financing, directing or carrying out the plot to assassinate Tupac” on a scale from 1 to 100.
Additionally, Mopreme cited new evidence not presented during the family’s original wrongful death lawsuit in 1997, including the 50 Cent-produced Netflix documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning, in which Keef D allegedly claimed Diddy may have paid him a seven-figure sum to orchestrate the murder of inmate and former Death Row Records founder Suge Knight Records. Diddy strenuously denied any involvement in Tupac’s killing.
Keefe D was arrested in September 2023 and is currently in a Las Vegas jail awaiting trial. Authorities charged him with murder with a deadly weapon with intent to promote, further or assist a criminal street gang in connection with the Sept. 7, 1996, slaying of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
Police say Keef D kept the gun used in the drive-by shooting and was present when the late rap icon was attacked and later killed. Three other passengers in the vehicle involved have died, including Keefe D’s nephew and suspected shooter Orlando Anderson, who was killed in the 1998 shootout. It is widely believed that Tupac’s murder was retaliation for Anderson’s attack by Tupac and several Death Row Records employees following a fight with Mike Tyson on September 7, 1996.
Keefe D has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge against him. His trial is expected to begin on August 10.
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