Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have been cleared of any wrongdoing related to Suge Knight’s hit-and-run case.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a California appeals court rejected a bid to reopen a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Terry Carter’s family on Wednesday (July 25). Carter was killed in 2015 during the production of the N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton.
Carter’s family was seeking damages from Universal, Dre and Cube over his death. The civil lawsuit claimed the film’s production team and the two N.W.A legends were responsible for allowing the former Death Row CEO to step foot on the movie set, knowing about their contentious past.
The filmmakers had hired Cle “Bone” Sloan as security and when Knight showed up to the set, Sloan confronted him and told him to leave. After he left, Knight arranged a meeting at Tam’s Burgers, a nearby fast-food restaurant. Carter was in the parking lot when Knight peeled off. He struck Carter with his vehicle and Carter later died from his injuries.
Carter’s family alleged NBCUniversal, Dre and Cube were negligent and liable for wrongful death.
The court’s opinion stated, “It still is not enough to permit a judgment that it would be foreseeable that a third party like Knight would harm a mediator at a meeting — particularly one [like Carter] who was, as plaintiffs allege, ‘well-respected’ by the third party.”
The appeals court judge later added, “Indeed, on the facts alleged in the operative complaint, there is good reason to conclude any alleged confrontation between Sloan and Knight at Tam’s Burgers with Carter present would be non-violent.
“The earlier interaction between Sloan and Knight at base camp was, by plaintiffs’ own admission, non- violent, and plaintiffs make no allegation that Knight or Sloan made any threats of future harm or violence during their base camp exchange of words — nor that defendants ever directed Sloan to confront Knight in a violent manner.”
Knight has remained behind bars since January 2015 when the incident occurred. He maintains his innocence. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
No way. I actually somehow thought that Cube and Dre lived the lives they rapped about! Jk. As big of a fan as I am of both of them and Westcoast gangster rap in general, they were pretty much all studio gangsters. That movie straight outta Compton was such BS lol. Any hardcore hiphop head knows that it was nothing more than entertainment. Smcompleteky Innacurate
The movie never portrayed Dre or Cube as gangsters….
But it portrayed them perpetuating that lifestyle. They fairy flossed over the whole story. Two guys who LEFT Eazy E got the last word and the whole world most of who wasn’t around in 1988 ate it up.
You act like you really knew them!!! You just grew up with the music. You got as much facts as the next fan
That movie was SOFT. NWA shit was HARD. You don’t need to have known them personally to know that. So you mean to tell me because I didn’t know them, the movie was accurate? Bullshit.
No shit it didn’t. Their music did. The movies events and how it played out was bogus. Eazy was murdered. It was intentional. Everyone knows that. Suge was an actual gangster. The focus of the movie was on Dre and Cube… Because they are alive.
Truth ive spent the pst 38 years in and out of jail and i met Tre D in CYA back in 1981 we were in Whittier Fred C Nelles and it was very active . Anyway i met Trey D but back then he went by Tracy D. As his name is Tracy Davis. I just want everyone to know thats the only rapper i know who lives the life he raps about. Even in prison the boy is wid it .
oooh shiiit,suge again,
The movie was typical Hollywood bs, Suge left the set when asked and received a call to continue the meeting he wanted at Tams. Now anyone in the game knows dam well if Suge was there to intentionally cause problems he would have arrived with several of his henchmen, Period!!!
No he showed up alone and realizing it was a set up as the video purely validates. He got the F’k out unfortunately hitting Carter and another. It is at worse involuntary manslaughter (in self defense)!
Also let’s face it, not that it is relevant as to what happened, however who portrayed Suges character in the movie was pathetic. Cubes son was the only decent actor in the movie and some of the soundtrack was real. All else is not how shit really went down, Easy did fuck Cube, Dre and others on the publishing as Hellers puppet. Suge handed most of the careers that made huge success to Dre, Snoop, Warren G, Nate, Lady Rage etc. Now where are they to help the one guy who backed them on anything??? I understand they no longer want drama in their massive success, yet it is what it is and I pray Suge walks, he is my friend!!!
Alex the thing is that it dont matter if they drop suge knights charge down to a simple assault hes a 3 strike candidate and hes gonna get struck out if he dont beat this shit all the way .im sorry to break it to you but thats how this bs ass law works .