Tru Life Offered 10 Years In Prison For Murder
MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT – Rapper Tru Life was offered a plea deal Wednesday on charges related to the fatal stabbing of a man outside a Murray Hill apartment building nearly two years ago.
The rapper, whose real name is Robert Rosado, was allegedly involved in the stabbing death of Christopher Guerrero, 20, during a fight in June 2009. A second man was hospitalized, also with stab wounds, after the alleged incident.
The plea deal offered by Assistant District Attorney Linda Ford involved a 10-year sentence for the 34-year-old rapper and 12 years for his brother, Marcus Rosado. Both brothers face second-degree murder, gang assault and assault charges. The deal would require them to waive the opportunity to appeal.
The alleged fight took place at at 330 East 26th St. on June 15, 2009. Investigators said the incident was an extension of a dispute outside Pacha nightclub, at 618 West 46th St., which occurred several hours earlier, around 4 a.m.
Robert Rosado’s lawyer, Alan Abramson, said he would discuss the plea deal with his client Wednesday afternoon. If the plea deal is not accepted, the brothers will go to trial on the first Monday in March.
The rapper appeared in court Wednesday with a crew cut and neatly-groomed beard, in a dark brown suit and tie. His wife was in the courtroom.
Tru Life signed with Jay Z’s label Roc-A-Fella in 2005, according to The New York Times. Roc-A-Fella has since released him from the label.
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Tru Life Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison
March 17, 2011 - 4:22 PM
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NEW YORK – A rapper once being promoted as a rising star at a label run by Jay-Z was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for taking part in a deadly attack on a man he said he didn’t mean to harm.
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February 24, 2011 - 8:28 AM
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NEW YORK – A rapper once signed to a Jay-Z-run label admitted Wednesday to playing a role in a deadly stabbing in an apartment building lobby.
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February 23, 2011 - 9:40 PM
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Saigon Says Taking Plea Deal Is Tru Life’s Best Choice
February 18, 2011 - 11:29 AM
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Saigon talks to MTV and says:
“I don’t really know the ins and out of it, of what’s going on,” said Saigon of the options Tru is mulling over. “I’m just sad, saddened by the whole situation. Because I know he’s innocent. One thing you don’t want to do is go to trial and get 50 [...]
February 16, 2011 - 7:52 PM
the advertisements are a good way to have
people avoid your site,if they can’t mute the annoying shit
February 16, 2011 - 8:35 PM
Accept the plea be home in 6 years and the rest on probation or take it trial and risk losing and do a longgggggggggg stretch………hmmmmm!!!!!!
February 16, 2011 - 8:57 PM
dont the two years he been in count for the 10. nigga just might have to take that 10 and try get early parole like dude said above.
February 16, 2011 - 11:05 PM
Hold Ya Head Lizzy
February 17, 2011 - 12:44 AM
got time served already so he’ll be in a halfway house in 5 yrs Im taking it
February 17, 2011 - 12:45 PM
Throw the book at that bitch, a man lost his life! These clowns talking about hold ya head up, and all this other shit.