Why was Suge Knight arrested? 2015 fatal Terry Carter hit and run explored following Diddy documentary release

People reported that Suge Knight’s legal saga reached its turning point in October 2018, when he accepted a 28-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter. The case traced back to January 29, 2015, when a hit-and-run near the filming area of Straight Outta Compton left businessman Terry Carter dead. The events began with a dispute involving Suge Knight and Cle “Bone” Sloan.

Carter attempted to mediate, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his wife, and agreed to meet Suge Knight at Tam’s Burgers. Sloan also appeared at the restaurant. A fistfight followed, and both men exchanged blows. A police homicide report cited by the Los Angeles Times stated that Knight then drove his Ford F-150 Raptor toward Sloan and Carter.

Carter died at the scene. Sloan recovered after hospital treatment. Knight was arrested afterward and charged with murder, attempted murder, and two hit-and-run counts. His lawyer told the L.A. Times that Knight had been attacked by four men, including Sloan, and “was fleeing for his life” when he struck both individuals.

The wrongful death suit argued that Carter’s death was preventable and blamed the Straight Outta Compton filming environment, which allegedly placed crews in gang-related areas without proper security. Knight faced a possible life-without-parole sentence before entering his plea, which additionally resolved two earlier cases from 2014. Suge Knight resurfaced in headlines following the release of Sean Combs: The Reckoning.

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Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning revisits the 1995 incident involving Suge Knight and Diddy

According to Complex, Suge Knight received several mentions in Sean Combs: The Reckoning, the new Netflix documentary executive-produced by 50 Cent. The four-part series, directed by Alexandria Stapleton, revisited a moment from 1995 through the recollections of Bad Boy alum Mark Curry.

Curry said he had been working the door at a club in Atlanta that year when he allegedly saw Knight use Diddy as a shield during a shooting threat.

“Every Friday, we had a Bad Boy party, so Puff was there, Suge Knight came that night with his friend Jake [Robles]. I was working the door. Suge was looking for Puff,” Curry said in the documentary.

Security moved to escort Suge and Jake out of the venue, and Diddy and others followed toward the exit. Curry described what happened next in stark detail.

“A man appeared with one hand behind his back and he was holding a pistol, he touched Jake with the pistol and looked at Suge like this, and was shooting Suge’s friend like this. He shot him five times. Suge grabbed a hold to Puffy in a chokehold and put him in front of him like this. So he was moving Puff around. … You shoot him, you gon’ shoot Puffy. You not gon’ shoot me,” he shared.

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Decades-long rivals: Suge Knight talks about Diddy in unexpected prison statement

According to Us Weekly, Suge Knight spoke from prison in defense of Sean “Diddy” Combs, offering support despite decades of hostility between the two men. Knight appeared on the May 29 episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, where he commented on Combs’ ongoing trial.

“Puffy, [is] not guilty for the things he did to these people, he’s guilty for being a cold, freaky man that wants freaky things done to him,” Knight explained.

He admitted that Diddy had his quirks, “Yeah, do Puffy do weird stuff?”, but argued that such behavior didn’t justify prison time.

“If Puffy got [on the] stand and told the truth, I know he’ll walk,” he added.

Knight recorded the interview from a San Diego prison, where he had been serving a 28-year sentence after his 2018 voluntary manslaughter conviction. The rivalry between Knight’s Death Row Records and Diddy’s Bad Boy Records shaped much of their history, yet Knight still pushed back on the narrative surrounding Combs' legal challenges.

He pointed specifically to allegations involving Diddy’s former girlfriend Cassie, whose accusations included “freak offs.” Knight argued that those claims did not amount to sex trafficking.

“In the Cassie situation, they could not say he was having sex with the man also, because that’ll make him like [it was an] orgy. It won’t be like sex-trafficking. It won’t be like forcing stuff to do, but at the end of the day, there’s no way Puffy should go to prison for the rest of his life,” Knight shared

Despite their history, Suge Knight's remarks added an unexpected layer to the conversation around Combs’ case. His perspective won’t decide the outcome, but it shares a sight of how complicated the story has become. As the legal battle continues, questions about truth, loyalty, and accountability remain far from settled.