Before the Las Vegas murder mystery, Tupac Shakur’s life already looked like a thriller—one where the courtroom door led straight into gunfire.
It starts in 1993, when a woman, Ayanna Jackson, accused Shakur and others of sexual assault connected to encounters in New York, and prosecutors brought charges that included sodomy allegations and a firearm count tied to guns found in the hotel room.

Fast-forward to late 1994: the trial becomes a cultural lightning rod, not just a criminal case.
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