Sounds like the other shoe is about to drop…..and it sounds like one of those expensive shoes that lawyers wear (maybe Bruno Magli?)

Jimmy Henchmen says:

“I have always maintained over the past 14 years that I had no knowledge or involvement in the assault on Tupac in 1994. I have been targeted by L.A Times writer Chuck Phillips and dishonest government informants in an effort to ruin my name in an industry that I’ve devoted 16 years of my life to. In this peaceful time in Hip Hop, the L.A. Times’ false accusations are as serious as when J. Edgar Hoover deliberately sent false hate letters to chapters of the Black Panther Party to create mistrust, violence and mayhem amongst them. Chuck Phillips irresponsibly did the same thing by creating a potentially violent climate in the Hip Hop community. Because the truth has come out, I am finally hopeful that I can move forward in my service to the music industry.”

Jeffrey Lichtmen, Jimmy Henchmen’s lawyer:

“I wrote a letter late last year to Chuck Phillps and his editors at the L.A. Times in which I warned them that their information was wildly wrong about Mr. Rosemond’s purported involvement in the 1994 shooting of Tupac; in my letter I warned them that if they persisted in publishing the story they would be sued for libel. Because the L.A. Times was more interested in selling newspapers than reporting the truth, James Rosemond has been tragically libeled. Any first year lawyer could see that the FBI 302 reports which formed the basis of the Times’ story were fabricated – and yet the Times went ahead with the story anyway. I would suggest to Mr. Phillips and his editors that they immediately print an apology and take out their checkbooks – or brace themselves for an epic lawsuit.”