Suge Knight's $81M wrongful death civil lawsuit after he 'ran a man over with his pickup truck and killed him' in 2015 is declared a mistrial after jurors are unable to reach a majority verdict
- Knight, 56, is serving a 28-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to killing record producer Terry Carter and injuring consultant Cle 'Bone' Sloan
- The tragedy unfolded when the three men starting arguing on the set of the film 'Straight Outta Compton'
- Carter's wife and two daughters filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit five months after his January 2015 death, seeking $81 million in damages from Knight
- After two weeks of deliberation, the jury announced no consensus had been reached on Tuesday
- Seven of the jurors agreed that Knight was liable for Carter's death, five opposed
- In cases in which the jury can't reach a verdict, the court may 'direct the jury to deliberate further or may declare a mistrial and discharge the jury'
- Knight has argued that he was not negligent when he ran over Carter and that he was suffering from post-traumatic at the time after being shot seven times
A judge has declared a mistrial in the wrongful death suit against disgraced rapper Marion 'Suge' Knight, who 'ran a man over with his pickup truck and killed him' in 2015.
Knight, 56, is already serving a 28-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to killing record producer Terry Carter and injuring consultant Cle 'Bone' Sloan by ramming his car into them outside a burger drive-thru in Los Angeles.
The tragedy unfolded when the three men starting arguing on the set of the film 'Straight Outta Compton.'
Carter's wife and two daughters filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit five months after his January 2015 death, seeking $81 million in damages from Knight.
After two weeks of deliberation, the jury announced no consensus had been reached on Tuesday. Seven of the jurors agreed that Knight was liable for Carter's death, while five opposed.
In cases in which the jury can't reach a verdict, the court may 'direct the jury to deliberate further or may declare a mistrial and discharge the jury,' according to Cornell Law School. The case will be retried.
'It was intense,' one of the jurors told Rolling Stone about the deliberation process.
'It was so intense, someone walked by the jury room and thought a real fight had broken out. There was yelling.'
In court, Knight has argued that he was not negligent when he ran over Carter and that he was suffering from post-traumatic at the time after being shot seven times at a nightclub in 2014.
Knight, 56, is already serving a 28-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to killing record producer Terry Carter and injuring consultant Cle 'Bone' Sloan by ramming his car into them outside a burger drive-thru in Los Angeles
Carter's (pictured) wife and two daughters filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit five months after his January 2015 death, seeking $81 million in damages from Knight
Carter's wife and two daughters argued in civil court that they each deserved $1 million for each of the 27 years Carter would have lived had he not been killed by Knight.
'It's unfortunate, but the jury worked very hard. It feels good to know we were the majority,' Carter's daughter, Crystal Carter, told Rolling Stone.
'We look forward to trying the case again to get victory for my dad. To get justice.'
Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in 2018, a downgraded charge from previous murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges that could have landed him in jail for life.
During the criminal trial, Knight collapsed during one court hearing, two of his former attorneys were indicted on witness-tampering charges, and his fiancee pleaded no contest to selling video of Knight hitting the two men with his truck.
He was ultimately sentenced to 28 years in jail.
According to reports at the time of the hit-and-run, Knight turned up to the set despite not being welcome due to a long-running feud with Dr Dre, who was there that day. A grab from footage of the crash is seen above
According to reports at the time of the hit-and-run, Knight turned up to the set of 'Straight Outta Compton' despite not being welcome due to a long-running feud with Dr Dre, who was there that day.
Knight was told to leave by Sloan, who was a consultant for the film, and the pair got into an argument before Knight left.
Carter, a businessman and record producer, became involved and agreed to help smooth things over, before suggesting the men meet at a nearby burger joint for truce talks.
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Carter and Knight were seen exchanging friendly words in the drive-thru parking lot before Sloan arrived and a fist fight broke out with Knight.
The argument at Tam's Burgers in the 1200 block of West Rosecrans Avenue quickly escalated into violence.
While trying to escape, Knight clipped Sloan with his car, knocking him to the ground, before running over Carter, killing him.
Knight, who co-founded Death Row Records with Dr Dre, has always denied intentionally hitting either man.
Knight was once a key player in the gangster rap scene that flourished in the 1990s
The 56-year-old was a key player in the gangster rap scene that flourished in the 1990s, and his label once listed Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg among its artists.
Knight lost control of the company after it was forced into bankruptcy.
In February this year, Snoop Dogg acquired the label.
Before killing Carter, Knight had previous felony convictions for armed robbery and assault with a gun.
He pleaded no contest in 1995 and was sentenced to five years' probation for assaulting two rap entertainers at a Hollywood recording studio in 1992.
He was sentenced in February 1997 to prison for violating terms of that probation by taking part in a fight at a Las Vegas hotel hours before Shakur was fatally wounded in a drive-by attack as he rode in Knight's car just east of the Las Vegas Strip. Shakur's slaying remains unsolved.
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