A civil wrongful death lawsuit involving Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight has ended in a mistrial.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared the mistrial Wednesday after the jury reported they were hopelessly deadlocked 7-5 in favor of the plaintiff, Lillian Carter, the widow of Terry Carter. He was killed in an off-site incident during the filming of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton when he was run over by Knight’s vehicle.
Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the criminal case and is serving a 28-year sentence.
Knight founded Death Row with Dr. Dre, growing the label into one of the music industry’s biggest in the late 1990s and early 2000s, thanks to music by rappers including Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.
Carter was killed after an altercation between Knight and film advisor Cle “Bone” Sloan at Tam’s Burgers in Compton,...
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared the mistrial Wednesday after the jury reported they were hopelessly deadlocked 7-5 in favor of the plaintiff, Lillian Carter, the widow of Terry Carter. He was killed in an off-site incident during the filming of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton when he was run over by Knight’s vehicle.
Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the criminal case and is serving a 28-year sentence.
Knight founded Death Row with Dr. Dre, growing the label into one of the music industry’s biggest in the late 1990s and early 2000s, thanks to music by rappers including Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.
Carter was killed after an altercation between Knight and film advisor Cle “Bone” Sloan at Tam’s Burgers in Compton,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Suge Knight’s civil trial over allegations he negligently mowed down Terry Carter with his truck amid a dispute linked to the movie Straight Outta Compton ended in a mistrial Wednesday. Jurors deadlocked seven to five in favor of finding Knight liable. Carter’s family vowed to bring the case again.
“It was intense,” the jury foreman who asked to remain anonymous tells Rolling Stone. “It was so intense, someone walked by the jury room and thought a real fight had broken out. There was yelling.”
Carter’s widow, Lillian Carter,...
“It was intense,” the jury foreman who asked to remain anonymous tells Rolling Stone. “It was so intense, someone walked by the jury room and thought a real fight had broken out. There was yelling.”
Carter’s widow, Lillian Carter,...
- 6/22/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Jurors declared themselves “deadlocked” Friday at the California civil trial over whether Suge Knight should be held liable – and pay millions in damages – for killing married Compton dad Terry Carter with his Ford Raptor truck seven years ago amid a parking lot dispute with another man linked to the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton.
The jurors told the judge their vote was split seven-to-five without confirming which way they were leaning. They need nine votes out of 12 for a verdict in the wrongful death case centered on claims of negligence and battery.
The jurors told the judge their vote was split seven-to-five without confirming which way they were leaning. They need nine votes out of 12 for a verdict in the wrongful death case centered on claims of negligence and battery.
- 6/17/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Death Row Records founder Suge Knight should be forced to pay 81 million to the family of Terry Carter, a lawyer representing his widow and his two daughters told a Los Angeles County jury Tuesday. Knight was convicted of voluntary manslaughter when he ran over Carter with his Ford Raptor truck seven years ago after trying to meet with Dr. Dre on the set of Straight Outta Compton to discuss an alleged murder-for-hire plot.
It was the first time the lawyer, Lance Behringer, put a dollar figure on the Carter family...
It was the first time the lawyer, Lance Behringer, put a dollar figure on the Carter family...
- 6/14/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Suge Knight, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Cle "Bone" Sloan, and Universal Studios are being sued by Terry Carter's widow for the wrongful death of her husband, Entertainment Weekly reports. Lillian Carter filed the suit Wednesday in L.A. and wants unspecified general and punitive damages, as well as funeral and court costs. She claims that Knight "carelessly, recklessly, violently, and negligently" drove his car into her husband earlier this year at a Straight Outta Compton promotional shoot, and that the other parties named should have prevented the incident because they knew that Suge-Dre drama was bound to happen, thanks to a long-standing, post–Death Row Records feud between the two music moguls.The fatal collision happened earlier this year at Tam’s Burgers — also reportedly named in the suit — after Dre made it clear he didn't want Knight anywhere near Straight Outta Compton's set, according to the suit. "This...
- 6/4/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
Four months after Suge Knight allegedly mowed down two people near the set of Universal’s “Straight Outta Compton,” leaving one dead and the other injured, the widow of the man killed in the crash has slapped the studio, Knight and producers Ice Cube and Dr. Dre with a wrongful death lawsuit. Lillian Carter filed the suit Wednesday in Los Angeles superior court, naming the high-profile defendants along with filmmaker and activist Cle “Bone” Sloan — who was severely injured in the Jan. 29 hit-and-run. Knight is currently jailed, facing a murder charge in connection with the crash. He is also charged with one count of attempted.
- 6/4/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
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