SURGE KNIGHT BEATS GIRL FRIEND

BY RICH SCHAPIRO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Monday, November 17th 2008, 12:59 AM
Suge Knight, 43, faces two felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and one count of misdeameanor battery after the Aug. 27 attack on his girlfriend. AP

Suge Knight, 43, faces two felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and one count of misdeameanor battery after the Aug. 27 attack on his girlfriend.

Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight has been slapped with multiple charges in the August beatdown of his girlfriend in Las Vegas, TMZ.com reported Sunday.

Knight, 43, faces two felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and one count of misdeameanor battery after the Aug. 27 attack in Sin City, the gossip Web site reported.

Knight, the founder of Death Row records, began fighting with his girlfriend of three years, Melissa Isaac, as they drove away from a strip club, cops say.

Isaac jerked the wheel after Knight punched her, causing the Cadillcac Escalade to hit a curb, cops say.

Isaac jumped out of the SUV and tried to run away but was chased down by the 6-foot-4 Knight.

Responding cops spotted Knight wielding a knife as he kicked Isaac in the head, police say.

Knight was in possession of the drugs Ecstasy and hydrocodone, police said.

It wasn’t Knight’s first run-in with cops. He has served prison time on assault charges in the 1990s and early.