After The Notorious B.I.G’s family lost the rapper to a fatal shooting in Los Angeles, the case remained unsolved. With the help of detectives and experts, the family believed the case was unsolved due to a variety of cover ups and corruption within the Los Angeles Police Department.
In the wake of the tragedy, the family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles. During the trial, Big’s family claimed they received an anonymous tip about two former police officers who were connected to the murder.
The two officers mentioned were Rafael Perez and David Mack.
When the judge found that the police detectives hid information from LAPD interviews with an informant intentionally, he quickly declared a mistrial. Big’s family was rewarded $1.1 million for expenses.
However, the end has not come as of yet.
Last month, a city attorney told Judge Florence Marie-Cooper that the family lied during the trial when they claimed detectives withheld information about the informant’s report. A private investigator noted that the plaintiffs knew about the remarks from the informant as far back as 2002.
Big’s family’s attorney Perry Sanders also spoke about the matter.
He claims that he realized the defense team had been previously contacted about the information only after declaring he knew nothing about the informant. He also denied ever misleading the judge or the court on purpose. He added that he gave the proper information about the informant’s report on two occasions, once in 2002 and later in 2005.
Dorthy Wolpert, a lawyer who has been hired by the city of Los Angeles advised the Judge to re-open the trial as soon as possible.
