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Man injured in Suge Knight hit-and-run refuses to identify driver
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 15 April 2015
The surviving of the two men hit by Suge Knight in a hit-and-run incident in January, Cle Sloan, admitted in court earlier this week to punching the former Death Row Records boss through the window of his truck prior to being run down. Though he refused to specifically identify Knight as the person driving the truck when it struck him, leaving him seriously injured and friend Terry Carter dead.
According to AP, Sloan, an advisor on NWA biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’, which was being filmed nearby, told the court at a preliminary hearing for Knight’s murder trial on Monday that he did not want to be a “snitch” and “will not be used to send Suge Knight to prison”.
In court, Sloan said that he struggled to recall details of the incident, adding: “I just know I screwed up and Terry’s dead”.
However, in an interview with police after the event, which was also played to the court, he described the incident in some detail. He explained that he had attacked Knight twice in the carpark where the incident took place, and that Knight had threatened to kill him when his second punch landed. But, he added, he didn’t want to “be the guy who says [Knight] killed Terry”.
Currently incarcerated and struggling to meet a $25 million bail demand, Knight faces life in prison if he is convicted.
