Compton , California ( CNN ) Former rap mogul Marion `` Suge '' Knight pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges in a fatal hit-and-run incident before complaining of chest pains in court and being taken to the hospital . Knight , 49 , stood in a defendant 's box next to his attorneys and intently read the complaint against him as the hearing opened . Wearing a Los Angeles County orange inmate jumpsuit , he glanced back into the gallery several times in the Compton , California , courtroom during the brief hearing and answered the judge 's questions politely with , `` Yes , sir , your honor . '' Later in the session , Knight was transported to a hospital after saying he was having chest pains , according to Officer John Gardner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Information Bureau . Mark Blankenship , president of Everlert Entertainment and who has business dealings with Knight , told reporters Tuesday he believed Knight was under strain because he has n't had access to his medicine . `` Imagine yourself being picked up unexpectedly into a jail cell and not having the right medicine . I know they 've been seeking to get him medicine . He has special medicines he needs , '' Blankenship told reporters . `` It 's a medical condition . '' Knight faces up to life in prison if convicted in the fatal hit-and-run in Compton last week . Knight is accused of running over two men and killing one of them following an argument . The man who died was Terry Carter , 55 , a former rap record label owner . The second man is Cle `` Bone '' Sloan , 51 . Sloan 's attorney , Michael Shapiro , said Tuesday that his client is in shock and has suffered a serious concussion and might not be able to walk again . Sloan 's left foot was mangled in the alleged hit-and-run , Shapiro said . The attorney added that his client is out of the hospital now and is in a secret location with hired protection . Knight , who was out on bail in a separate robbery case , is charged with one count of murder , one count of attempted murder , and two counts of hit-and-run with an allegation that he committed a serious and violent felony while out on bail , the district attorney 's office said in a statement . He has prior convictions , `` making this a third strike case , '' it said . Knight turned himself in to Los Angeles Sheriff 's Department investigators early Friday . On Tuesday , Knight 's attorney , David Kenner , told reporters outside the courthouse that Knight was trying to flee from an attack in the hit-and-run incident . `` It 's too early to tell , but clearly from what I understand ... he was being attacked and trying to get away from that attack , no more than that , '' Kenner said . Knight felt remorseful about the death and the injury in the incident , Kenner said . `` It 's not his fault , '' Kenner added about Knight . Carter and Knight were friends , Kenner said . `` They 've known each other for a long time , '' the attorney said . Another of Knight 's attorneys , James Blatt , has also said that Knight feared for his life and was trying to flee , according to CNN affiliate KCAL-TV and the Los Angeles Times . `` We feel strongly Mr. Knight did not do anything wrong in this matter . He was attacked by a number of individuals ; that has already been corroborated by certain witnesses . He left the scene because he was in fear for his safety and life , '' Blatt said . The attorney for Sloan dismissed that version of events . `` That 's absurd , '' Shapiro said Tuesday . During Tuesday 's arraignment , the initial judge assigned to the case , John Cheroske , recused himself because he had represented both victims in the case in his years as an attorney . Judge Ricardo Ocampo quickly took over the case . Knight 's bail hearing was scheduled for next Monday . He is now being held in jail without bail . Knight founded the wildly successful Death Row Records in 1991 , signing artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg ( since then known as Snoop Dogg and Snoop Lion ) and Tupac Shakur . Knight was driving the car in which Shakur was a passenger when the rapper was shot to death in Las Vegas in 1996 . Shortly afterward , Knight spent several years in prison for violating parole on assault and weapons convictions . That prison time -- along with Shakur 's death , feuds between Knight and a number of rappers and desertions by Dr. Dre , Snoop and others -- contributed to the label 's bankruptcy in 2006 . In August , Knight and two other people were shot while inside a celebrity-filled Sunset Strip party hosted by singer Chris Brown on the eve of the MTV Video Music Awards .
Knight `` was being attacked and trying to get away from that attack , '' his attorney says . `` That 's absurd , '' injured man 's attorney says of that version of events . Knight complains of chest pains during hearing , taken to the hospital from courthouse .