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how he feels about that. He's very disturbed by it, he says.
Kifidi's got a pretty elaborate type of response. He first says he was not even in Las Vegas at the time. He was home in Los Angeles. He says that there are dozens of witnesses who can corroborate his alibi.
Kifidi's got a pretty elaborate type of response. He first says he was not even in Las Vegas at the time. He was home in Los Angeles. He says that there are dozens of witnesses who can corroborate his alibi.
He also talks about how he's assured that even though he doesn't like the way that law enforcement works in Las Vegas, that his original confessions to law enforcement are covered by immunity, and that even if he gets convicted in Las Vegas, he's confident the appeals courts are will ultimately reverse any kind of conviction because immunity is immunity is immunity.
He also talks about how he's assured that even though he doesn't like the way that law enforcement works in Las Vegas, that his original confessions to law enforcement are covered by immunity, and that even if he gets convicted in Las Vegas, he's confident the appeals courts are will ultimately reverse any kind of conviction because immunity is immunity is immunity.
Yeah, I was going to say, what's next then for Kifidi legally? So there's a bunch of different things in the legal system that he's facing. First off, Kifidi was involved in a jailhouse fight and he has since been charged with battery. Oftentimes, a jailhouse fight really won't go to trial. They plead it out. It's kind of secondary.
Yeah, I was going to say, what's next then for Kifidi legally? So there's a bunch of different things in the legal system that he's facing. First off, Kifidi was involved in a jailhouse fight and he has since been charged with battery. Oftentimes, a jailhouse fight really won't go to trial. They plead it out. It's kind of secondary.
Certainly, somebody who's facing murder charges, a small jailhouse battery accusation is... kind of minor in this case prosecutors are pushing for either a plea where he admits to it or they want to convict him at trial and prosecutors have the strategy in mind that if they can use the jailhouse fight to show that Keefy D is a violent guy. That helps build their case.
Certainly, somebody who's facing murder charges, a small jailhouse battery accusation is... kind of minor in this case prosecutors are pushing for either a plea where he admits to it or they want to convict him at trial and prosecutors have the strategy in mind that if they can use the jailhouse fight to show that Keefy D is a violent guy. That helps build their case.
Exactly, because just the part of the defense so far has been that even though Keefy might have had drug and other kinds of crimes in his history as a young man, that as an older man, he's no longer a threat to the community. So what prosecutors want to do is they want to show that a guy who's over 60 and has survived cancer, that he's still a threat because he's still violent. So that's the goal.
Exactly, because just the part of the defense so far has been that even though Keefy might have had drug and other kinds of crimes in his history as a young man, that as an older man, he's no longer a threat to the community. So what prosecutors want to do is they want to show that a guy who's over 60 and has survived cancer, that he's still a threat because he's still violent. So that's the goal.
So he's going to face trial on that count in April 2025. That's the first thing. Second thing is that the judge has set a tentative trial date for February 2026 on the Tupac homicides. Originally, the Tupac homicide was supposed to go to trial this year, first half of this year.
So he's going to face trial on that count in April 2025. That's the first thing. Second thing is that the judge has set a tentative trial date for February 2026 on the Tupac homicides. Originally, the Tupac homicide was supposed to go to trial this year, first half of this year.
But the judge, acknowledging the vast amount of evidence, the fact that we're talking about a lot of old files, older people, some complexities, obviously, A lot of people that are connected to the case are no longer alive. The judge gave them a delay until February 2026. And so we're fully expecting that's what the future holds.
But the judge, acknowledging the vast amount of evidence, the fact that we're talking about a lot of old files, older people, some complexities, obviously, A lot of people that are connected to the case are no longer alive. The judge gave them a delay until February 2026. And so we're fully expecting that's what the future holds.
KVD has tried to get out of jail, to get bailed out and to await trial. from home. The judge has been reluctant to go along with that. She's taken issue with the bail packages, quote unquote. It's what they call them, the money that would be supporting the bail. So she's made him sit in jail. That's another thing that he has taken issue with and he raised in our interview.
KVD has tried to get out of jail, to get bailed out and to await trial. from home. The judge has been reluctant to go along with that. She's taken issue with the bail packages, quote unquote. It's what they call them, the money that would be supporting the bail. So she's made him sit in jail. That's another thing that he has taken issue with and he raised in our interview.
It's a little bit hard to say. First off, I cover crime and I still am stunned and unpleasantly surprised that it took so long for law enforcement to be able to make an arrest in this kind of a case. It is a different time. You didn't have the ubiquity of traffic cameras and cell phone cameras. 1996 is a whole different era when it comes to technology. So you didn't have all of that.
It's a little bit hard to say. First off, I cover crime and I still am stunned and unpleasantly surprised that it took so long for law enforcement to be able to make an arrest in this kind of a case. It is a different time. You didn't have the ubiquity of traffic cameras and cell phone cameras. 1996 is a whole different era when it comes to technology. So you didn't have all of that.
You didn't have people on Twitter immediately saying, hey, this person just got shot on the street. But if we were to take this back in time, let's say, God forbid, that Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin