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Suge Knight has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the widow and daughters of Terry Carter, the Compton businessman he killed with his truck in 2015. The Death Row co-founder agreed to the settlement during a court appearance for the wrongful death case on April 29th.

The agreement avoided a retrial over claims filed by Carter’s family. By video, Knight appeared at a hearing in downtown Los Angeles from Richard J Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. Lawyer Lance Behringer said Carter’s widow, Lillian, and daughters, Nekaya and Crystal, were due to receive $500,000 each.

Los Angeles County Judge Thomas Long said jury selection would begin on April 30th if Knight didn’t settle. This would proceed even without his longtime lawyer, David Kenner, who has been attempting to exit the case due to an alleged conflict.

Knight said to Rolling Stone, “Terry was a friend of mine. It definitely wasn’t done intentionally. It wasn’t done to bring harm to him. One of the reasons I settled [is] I got respect for Terry, so that means I’ve got respect for his family.

“I didn’t want to put the family through more pain. It’s not that I did anything wrong. I never would have. But I do owe the family an apology because of this thing they had to go through.”

Not shying away from her thoughts, Lillian added, “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.

“I’m not happy with the outcome of it, at all, but I don’t want to give him another opportunity to put on a clown show and act like a bitch. Maybe somebody will shank him in jail.”

Knight is currently serving a 28-year sentence and isn’t eligible for parole until October 2034.