Editing Tupac Shakur (section)

=== Sexual assault case, prison sentence, appeal and release ===

In November 1993, Shakur and two other men were charged in New York with [[sodomy|sodomizing]] a woman in Shakur's hotel room. The woman, Ayanna Jackson, alleged that after she performed oral sex on Shakur at the public dance floor of a Manhattan nightclub, she went to his hotel room on a later day, when Shakur, record executive [[Jacques Agnant|Jacques "Haitian Jack" Agnant]], Shakur's road manager Charles Fuller and an unidentified fourth man apprehended and forced her to perform non-consensual oral sex on each of them.<ref name="Perez-Pena-1994" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gladwell|first=Malcolm|date=December 2, 1994|title=Rapper Shakur guilty of sex abuse, not guilty of sodomy and gun charges|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/12/02/shakur-guilty-of-sex-abuse/08202f80-426e-42ee-af79-e0b3abf0f7b3/|access-date=January 6, 2022|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Shakur was also charged with [[illegal possession of a firearm]] as two guns were found in the hotel room.<ref name="James-1995" /> Interviewed on ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'', Shakur said he was hurt that "a woman would accuse me of taking something from her", as he had been raised in a female household and surrounded by women his whole life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tupac Shakur interview with "The Arsenio Hall Show" in 1994 [VIDEO&#93;|url=http://www.hip-hopvibe.com/2012/03/07/tupac-shakur-interview-with-the-arsenio-hall-show-in-1994-video/|author=TBTEntGroup on|date=March 7, 2012|publisher=Hip-hopvibe.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221084324/http://www.hip-hopvibe.com/2012/03/07/tupac-shakur-interview-with-the-arsenio-hall-show-in-1994-video/|archive-date=December 21, 2013|access-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref>

On December 1, 1994, Shakur was acquitted of three counts of sodomy and the associated gun charges, but convicted of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse for "forcibly touching the woman's buttocks" in his hotel room.<ref name="Perez-Pena-1994">{{Cite news|last=Perez-Pena|first=Richard|date=December 2, 1994|title=Wounded Rapper Gets Mixed Verdict In Sex-Abuse Case|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/02/nyregion/wounded-rapper-gets-mixed-verdict-in-sex-abuse-case.html|access-date=December 11, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="not-a-ganster" /> Jurors have said the lack of evidence stymied a sodomy conviction.<ref name="Vibe-1995">{{Cite journal|date=February 1995|title=Sweatin' Bullets: Tupac Shakur Dodges Death but Can't Beat the Rap|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=november+1993+tupac+police+atlanta&pg=PA23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206161417/https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=november+1993+tupac+police+atlanta&pg=PA23|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2022|journal=Vibe|pages=23}}</ref> Shakur's lawyer characterized the sentence as "out of line" with the groping conviction and the setting of bail at $3&nbsp;million as "inhumane". Shakur's accuser later filed a civil suit against Shakur seeking $10&nbsp;million for punitive damages which was subsequently [[Settlement (litigation)|settled]].<ref name="Takedown">{{cite magazine|first=Connie|last=Bruck|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/07/07/the-takedown-of-tupac|title=The Takedown of Tupac|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=June 29, 1997|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107130039/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/07/07/the-takedown-of-tupac|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 22, 1996|title=Doe v. Shakur (civil case)|url=https://casetext.com/case/jane-doe-plaintiff-v-tupac-a-shakur-and-charles-l-fuller-defendants?__cf_chl_f_tk=r9paSmBXDBK.XIRWIh.zgwssVpY1Rw9UP1.2E4khbuI-1642425136-0-gaNycGzNCT0|website=Casetext}}</ref>

After Shakur had been convicted of sexual abuse, Jacques Agnant's case was separated and closed via misdemeanor plea without incarceration.<ref name="Westhoff-2016" /><ref>{{cite AV media | people = Metzler, David (Director) | interviewer1 = [[Soledad O'Brien]] | interviewer2 = [[Ice-T]] | title = Who Shot Biggie & Tupac? [interview with "Haitian Jack"] | location = USA | publisher = Critical Content | year = 2017}}, premiered on television September 24, 2017, by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadasting Company]].</ref> [[A.&nbsp;J. Benza]] reported in ''[[New York Daily News]]'' Shakur's new disdain for Agnant who Shakur theorized had set him up with the case.<ref name="Westhoff-2016" /><ref name="Rodriguez-2011a" /> Shakur reportedly believed his accuser was connected to and had sexual relations with Agnant and [[James Rosemond|James "Henchman" Rosemond]], who he considered to be behind the 1994 Quad Studios shooting.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 5, 2014|title=Tupac believed his rape case was connected to his Quad Studios shooting|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/tupac-thought-rape-case-connected-quad-studio-shooting/|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]}}</ref>

Shakur was unable to post the $3 million bond to keep himself free until sentencing so he surrendered himself to authorities at the [[Bellevue Hospital|Bellevue Hospital Jail Ward]] in New York City on December 23, 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arena |first=Salvatore |date=December 24, 1994 |title=Shakur Spending Holiday In Jail Ward |pages=3 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-shakur-surrenders-to-authorit/133713808/ |access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> At the time, he was still recovering from injuries he received on November 30, when he was shot five times and robbed at Quad Studios.<ref name=":7" /> In January 1995, Shakur was moved to the North Infirmary Command (NIC) on [[Rikers Island]] in [[the Bronx]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stasi |first=Linda |date=January 9, 1995 |title=Secure Shakur |pages=93 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-tupac-shakur-moved-to-rikers/133520802/ |access-date=October 16, 2023}}</ref> On February 7, 1995, he was sentenced to 18 months to {{frac|4|1|2}} years in prison by a judge who decried "an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman".<ref name="James-1995">{{Cite news|last=James | first = George|date=February 8, 1995|title=Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse|page=B1|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/08/nyregion/rapper-faces-prison-term-for-sex-abuse.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405111309/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/08/nyregion/rapper-faces-prison-term-for-sex-abuse.html|archive-date=April 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Olan|first=Helaine|date=February 8, 1995|title=Rapper Shakur Gets Prison for Assault|page=A4|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

In March 1995, Shakur was transferred to [[Clinton Correctional Facility]] in [[Dannemora, New York|Dannemora]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 16, 1995|title=Shakur Upstate|work=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> While imprisoned, he began reading again, which he had been unable to do as his career progressed due to his marijuana and alcohol habits. Works such as ''[[The Prince]]'' by Italian philosopher [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] and ''[[The Art of War]]'' by Chinese military strategist [[Sun Tzu]] sparked Shakur's interest in [[philosophy]], [[philosophy of war]] and [[military strategy]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Wagner James |last=Au |title=Yo, Niccolo! |url=http://archive.salon.com/media/media2961211.html |work=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |publisher=Salon Media Group Inc.|location=San Francisco, California|accessdate=December 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070929103156/http://archive.salon.com/media/media2961211.html |url-status=dead |archivedate=September 29, 2007 |date=December 11, 1996}}</ref> On April 29, 1995, Shakur married his girlfriend Keisha Morris; the marriage was later annulled.<ref name="xxl" /> While in prison, Shakur exchanged letters with celebrities such as [[Jim Carrey]] and [[Tony Danza]] among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Carrey's Surprising Music Moments, From 2Pac to Kid Cudi |url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/jim-carrey-music-the-weeknd-2pac-kid-cudi/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2012 |title=Tony Danza Talks Friendship With Tupac |url=https://tvone.tv/7442/tony-danza-talks-friendship-with-tupac/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=TV One |language=en-US}}</ref> He was also visited by [[Al Sharpton]], who helped Shakur get released from [[solitary confinement]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 27, 2017|title=AL SHARPTON PLANS TO HELP MEEK THE SAME WAY HE HELPED TUPAC IN JAIL|url=https://thesource.com/2017/11/27/al-sharpton-plans-help-meek-meek-way-helped-tupac-jail/|access-date=January 5, 2022|website=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]}}</ref> 
 
By October 1995, pending judicial appeal, Shakur was incarcerated in New York.<ref name="Jet-1995" /> On October 12, he bonded out of the maximum security [[Dannemora (town), New York|Dannemora]] Clinton Correctional Facility in the process of appealing his conviction,<ref name="not-a-ganster" /> once [[Suge Knight]], CEO of Death Row Records, arranged for the posting of his $1.4&nbsp;million bond.<ref name="nyt-obit">{{Cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=September 14, 1996|title=Tupac Shakur, 25, Rap Performer Who Personified Violence, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/14/arts/tupac-shakur-25-rap-performer-who-personified-violence-dies.html|url-status=live|access-date=November 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917213218/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/14/arts/tupac-shakur-25-rap-performer-who-personified-violence-dies.html|archive-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>