Six Hours Under Oath: Orlando Anderson Changes His Story

What the police failed to achieve, the lawyers for Afeni Shakur attempted in civil proceedings. On February 26, 1998, they questioned Orlando Anderson under oath for six hours. In mid-March, it became known that he had changed key points of his earlier statements.

What He Had Said Earlier

In November 1996, at the hearing regarding Suge Knight’s probation, Anderson had testified that Knight had not attacked him in the lobby of the MGM Grand, but had wanted to mediate. Now he said that Knight had punched and kicked him; at the time, he had lied out of fear for his life. His account of the trip also changed: he had never purchased a ticket for the Tyson fight, and a security guard had let him in through a back door. Previously, he had invoked his right to remain silent when asked whether he belonged to the Crips; now he denied it.

“We showed that Anderson lied under oath,” said estate attorney Donald David. Anderson’s attorney Renee L. Campbell called the lawsuit against her client “frivolous” and accused the Las Vegas police of never seriously investigating. The police stated that the case had stalled and that they had no suspects.