Marion "Suge" Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of threatening F. Gary Gray, director of "Straight Outta Compton.". Learn more about Straight Outta Compton on HBO.com.

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Suge Knight Indicted for Threatening ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Director. Photo. Marion “Suge’' Knight in a Los Angeles court in 2. Credit. Pool photo by Irfan Khan The former rap mogul Marion Knight, better known as Suge, has been indicted by a Los Angeles County grand jury on a charge of threatening to kill or seriously injure the director of the film “Straight Outta Compton.”Mr. Knight, 5. 2, pleaded not guilty to the charge Thursday morning, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Court documents show that the charges stemmed from an incident on Aug. Mr. Knight had threatened F. Gary Gray, who directed the 2. Straight Outta Compton,” a biopic that focuses on the rise of the gangster rap group N. W. A., features the actor R. Marcos Taylor in the role of Mr. Knight. In the movie, as in real life, Dr.

Dre, one of the group’s members, leaves N. W. A. after hiring Mr. Knight as his manager and the two together form Death Row Records. Representatives for Mr.

Knight have expressed dissatisfaction with the movie, which portrays him as unscrupulous and violent. Thomas A. Mesereau Jr., a lawyer for Mr. Knight, has called the story “exaggerated and silly and ridiculous.”Mr. Mesereau did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new charge.

Mr. Knight is already facing murder charges stemming from an episode in 2. Straight Outta Compton” was being filmed. Mr. Knight was a central figure in the early days of California gangster rap when Death Row Records worked with artists including Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg. He has a long criminal history, including prior convictions for armed robbery and assault with a gun. He has also been a target of violence and was shot multiple times at a party in 2.

Mr. Knight has only been a fringe player in the music business over the last decade. In 2. 00. 6, he filed for bankruptcy and Death Row Records was sold at auction for $1.

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