Judge Agrees to Resentence Singer’s Fiancee in Drug and Assault Case

Amid allegations that a district attorney’s investigator provided drugs to a key witness, a judge Friday agreed to resentence funk singer Rick James’ fiancee for assaulting another woman in a sensational drug and assault case.

Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Michael R. Hoff set aside a four-year sentence given to Tanya Anne Hijazi, in light of a deal that James struck with prosecutors that could have him out of jail by September.

Hoff’s decision comes in the midst of what sources say is an investigation into allegations that a district attorney’s investigator provided drugs to a key witness in the case against James and Hijazi.

Hijazi had pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in a Sunset Boulevard hotel while James watched. In a plea bargain negotiated Aug. 11, she admitted attacking Mary Sauger of West Hollywood at the St. James’ Club and hotel.

Hijazi was sentenced to four years in prison on Sept. 21, four days after James was convicted of assaulting Sauger, 35, and of providing drugs to another woman who alleged that she was tortured.