Suge Knight Agrees to Pay Victim's Family

Seven years ago former Death Row CEO, Suge Knight, pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter charges for accidentally running over, Terry Carter, after he and Terry showed up at Tam's Burgers where Ice Cube and Dr. Dre had been filming the N.W.A. biopic, "Straight Outta Compton," demanding to speak to Dre [click here if you missed that]." 

Suge has agreed to terms in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Terry Carter's family...

From WLBS

Marion “Suge” Knight, the former CEO of Death Row Records, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Terry Carter. Carter was fatally struck by Knight’s truck in 2015 during a confrontation near the set of the film Straight Outta Compton.

The settlement concludes a prolonged legal battle following Knight’s 2018 no contest plea to voluntary manslaughter. He is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence for the incident.

The civil lawsuit, initiated by Carter’s widow, Lillian, and daughters, Crystal and Nekaya, sought $81 million in damages. Their attorney, Lance Behringer, argued that each family member deserved $1 million for every year Carter might have lived had he not been killed. Behringer stated, “Dying on the concrete floor alone at Tam’s Burgers was not a natural death. He was taken from these three women.”

In October 2024, the case ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked 7-5 in favor of the plaintiffs, falling short of the nine votes required for a verdict.

The recent $1.5 million settlement, though significantly less than the amount initially sought, brings closure to the family. Details of the agreement remain confidential, and representatives for the Carter family have not commented publicly.