Overview
- Reports published Thursday say prosecutors plan to introduce recorded prison phone calls that allegedly capture Duane “Keefe D” Davis discussing his role in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing.
- Sources report the recordings reportedly include detailed descriptions of how the shooting occurred and statements made while Davis discussed possible film or TV projects about the case.
- Davis’s defense lawyer Michael Sanft has downplayed the recordings’ significance and argued that relying on them would signal a weak prosecution case.
- The court will address evidentiary and readiness issues at a June 30 pretrial hearing before Judge Carli Kierny and the trial is scheduled to begin on August 10, 2026, in Las Vegas.
- The tapes would join decades of public statements, a 2019 memoir and Davis’s 2023 arrest as central pieces of evidence that could affect credibility, possible third-party reputations and efforts to finally resolve a long-unsolved high-profile killing.