Suge Knight Sued For Wrongful Death

Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight was named in a wrongful death lawsuit by the wife of Terry Carter, the man he allegedly ran over in January. Rappers Dr. Dre and Ice Cube as well as Universal Studios were also named as defendants. Lillian Carter’s lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, alleges that “reckless corporate greed, disguised as the quest for authenticity led to a foreseeable altercation that resulted in the death” of Terry Carter. The incident occurred after an altercation at a Los Angeles burger restaurant, following a day on the set of Straight Outta Compton, a film about N.W.A., a Compton rap group. The lawsuit claims that Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Universal failed to provide adequate security on the film set and that the parking lot of the burger restaurant – another defendant in the suit – was “a dangerous area where all types of violent crimes regularly occurred.”