Suge Knight has pleaded no contest to the charge of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of Terry Carter, as the Associated Press reports. Carter was run over by Knight, the former Death Row Records CEO, in early 2015 following an altercation in Southern California. Knight was arrested shortly thereafter. The plea deal presented to Knight will see him serve 22 years in prison, with an additional 6 years tacked on under the three-strikes law. He was formally sentenced on October 4; as the Los Angeles Times reports, presiding Judge Ronald S. Coen addressed Carter’s family, saying, “If it hasn’t been said to you by anyone else, let me tell you that my heart goes out you.”
The Suge Knight trial has suffered years of setbacks, with the former mogul changing his legal team multiple times. Two of Knight’s former attorneys—Thaddeus Culpepper and Matthew Fletcher—were indicted for conspiracy to commit bribery earlier this year. Knight has also had a series of health troubles and was indicted for threatening Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray.
This article was originally published on Thursday, September 20 at 5:59 p.m. Eastern. It was last updated on October 4 at 1:28 p.m. Eastern.
