Former Death Records owner Suge Knight has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the man he killed to avoid another court trial.
According to Rolling Stone, the embattled former executive has agreed to pay the family of Terry Carter $1.5 million. Suge is currently in prison after being convicted of killing Carter in 2015 when he ran over him with a truck near the production office of the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton.
The settlement comes after Suge recently stated that he wanted to go to trial but changed his mind right before jury selection was set to begin April 30. The announcement was made during a court hearing April 29. The agreement stipulates that Carter’s wife and two daughters would each get $500,000 from him.
Carter’s wife, Lillian, spoke to the media outside the courtroom after the hearing.
“It’s hard living without him when I lived all those many years with him. It’s been very, very difficult. I’ve been in pain ever since January 29, 2015, I haven’t had a good day, not one good day.”
Lillian’s daughter also added a statement of her own.
“I’m glad it’s finally over. It’s been a long emotional and mental roller coaster. We couldn’t put ourselves through it all again,” Nekaya said. “I want to move onward and upward, to get to work like my dad was always saying.”
Suge has always denied that hitting Carter was intentional, as he claims he was fleeing the scene after an alleged ambush.
