Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight has been ordered to pay $107 million to a woman who claims she helped start his Death Row Records label.

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Los Angeles County Superior Judge Ronald Sohigian ordered Knight and his companies, Death Row Records and Tha Row Inc., to pay Lydia Harris $45 million in economic damages, $2 million in non-economic damages and $60 million in punitive damages.

In her lawsuit, Harris said in 1989 she and Knight became equal founding partners of the music label and that he pushed her out without her knowledge when he recognized its money-making potential.

Sohigian made the judgment after ruling Knight and his attorneys violated court rules requiring them to answer questions and provide information to opposing counsel during the discovery process in 2002, the Los Angeles Times said Wednesday.

Harris' attorney, David Casselman said he plans to collect his client's judgment by seizing Knight's assets.