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Suge Knight’s wrongful death retrial veered wildly off course Tuesday when the Death Row Records founder dramatically contradicted his lawyer’s claim that he had agreed to a last-minute deal in the long-running civil case. The partial settlement would have allowed Knight to avoid facing a jury over claims he recklessly killed Compton businessman Terry Carter with his Ford Raptor truck 10 years ago, sources and court filings reveal.

The breakdown came as a panel of prospective jurors was due to fill a tiny courtroom for jury selection in downtown Los Angeles.

As he heads into a second wrongful death trial involving the fatal 2015 hit-and-run of Compton businessman Terry Carter, Suge Knight is digging in, refusing to let his longtime lawyer, David Kenner, withdraw from the case. A judge ruled Monday that Knight’s resistance meant jury selection for the civil retrial would move ahead Tuesday.

For the last three weeks, Kenner has been asking either Knight or the court to cut him loose. On Monday, Kenner said nothing had changed and he was not prepared to try the case again after...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and the longest-living American president, passed away at the age of 100. Surrounded by his family, Carter breathed his last on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. Beyond his impactful presidency, Carter shared a unique and heartwarming bond with India, one that left an indelible mark on a small village in Haryana.

In 1978, Carter visited India, becoming the first US president to do so after the Emergency ended and the Janata Party assumed power. His visit was symbolic, reflecting his admiration for India’s democracy. During a speech to the Indian Parliament, Carter commended India for its commitment to democratic values amidst challenges faced by developing nations.

“India’s struggles, which we often share, remind us of the path forward. The answer does not lie in authoritarianism,” Carter had remarked on January 2, 1978. His words resonated as he highlighted that India’s...

Suge Knight says he was “coerced” into an “unlawful” 28-year prison sentence for killing a man with his truck in a Tam’s Burgers parking lot nearly a decade ago — and now he’s asking a California judge to postpone his fast-approaching November retrial over the wrongful-death civil lawsuit brought by the victim’s widow and daughters.

In a new emergency motion, Knight’s longtime lawyer, David Kenner, says the Death Row Records founder is actively fighting the legality of his criminal plea deal and sentencing — wherein he pleaded no...

Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 years old Oct. 1, has lived quite a life, on and off screen.

Aside from his presidency during 1977 to 1981, the former president had many iconic pop cultural moments both before he became leader of the United States as well as during and after.

Carter shared moments with cultural figures like Andy Warhol, the Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, Lucille Ball, Walter Cronkite and more. His real speech was featured at the beginning of 1978’s Americathon before a fictional mob attacks the White House and hangs Carter and his cabinet because of the energy crisis. The Bruce Willis movie The Last Boy Scout is based on Willis’ character being the Secret Service agent who saved Carter from a fictional assassination attempt, and there is an out of focus actor playing Carter in a flash back.

Follow along below for a list of pop culture moments Jimmy Carter cemented into...

A civil wrongful death lawsuit involving Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight has ended in a mistrial.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared the mistrial Wednesday after the jury reported they were hopelessly deadlocked 7-5 in favor of the plaintiff, Lillian Carter, the widow of Terry Carter. He was killed in an off-site incident during the filming of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton when he was run over by Knight’s vehicle.

Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the criminal case and is serving a 28-year sentence.

Knight founded Death Row with Dr. Dre, growing the label into one of the music industry’s biggest in the late 1990s and early 2000s, thanks to music by rappers including Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.

Carter was killed after an altercation between Knight and film advisor Cle “Bone” Sloan at Tam’s Burgers in Compton,...

Suge Knight’s civil trial over allegations he negligently mowed down Terry Carter with his truck amid a dispute linked to the movie Straight Outta Compton ended in a mistrial Wednesday. Jurors deadlocked seven to five in favor of finding Knight liable. Carter’s family vowed to bring the case again.

“It was intense,” the jury foreman who asked to remain anonymous tells Rolling Stone. “It was so intense, someone walked by the jury room and thought a real fight had broken out. There was yelling.”

Carter’s widow, Lillian Carter,...

Jurors declared themselves “deadlocked” Friday at the California civil trial over whether Suge Knight should be held liable – and pay millions in damages – for killing married Compton dad Terry Carter with his Ford Raptor truck seven years ago amid a parking lot dispute with another man linked to the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton.

The jurors told the judge their vote was split seven-to-five without confirming which way they were leaning. They need nine votes out of 12 for a verdict in the wrongful death case centered on claims of negligence and battery.

Death Row Records founder Suge Knight should be forced to pay 81 million to the family of Terry Carter, a lawyer representing his widow and his two daughters told a Los Angeles County jury Tuesday. Knight was convicted of voluntary manslaughter when he ran over Carter with his Ford Raptor truck seven years ago after trying to meet with Dr. Dre on the set of Straight Outta Compton to discuss an alleged murder-for-hire plot.

It was the first time the lawyer, Lance Behringer, put a dollar figure on the Carter family...

Suge Knight, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Cle "Bone" Sloan, and Universal Studios are being sued by Terry Carter's widow for the wrongful death of her husband, Entertainment Weekly reports. Lillian Carter filed the suit Wednesday in L.A. and wants unspecified general and punitive damages, as well as funeral and court costs. She claims that Knight "carelessly, recklessly, violently, and negligently" drove his car into her husband earlier this year at a Straight Outta Compton promotional shoot, and that the other parties named should have prevented the incident because they knew that Suge-Dre drama was bound to happen, thanks to a long-standing, post–Death Row Records feud between the two music moguls.The fatal collision happened earlier this year at Tam’s Burgers — also reportedly named in the suit — after Dre made it clear he didn't want Knight anywhere near Straight Outta Compton's set, according to the suit. "This...

Four months after Suge Knight allegedly mowed down two people near the set of Universal’s “Straight Outta Compton,” leaving one dead and the other injured, the widow of the man killed in the crash has slapped the studio, Knight and producers Ice Cube and Dr. Dre with a wrongful death lawsuit. Lillian Carter filed the suit Wednesday in Los Angeles superior court, naming the high-profile defendants along with filmmaker and activist Cle “Bone” Sloan — who was severely injured in the Jan. 29 hit-and-run. Knight is currently jailed, facing a murder charge in connection with the crash. He is also charged with one count of attempted.