Surviving Compton is set to air October 15 on Lifetime. Prior to its release, Dr Dre’s lawyers threatened legal action against the film-makers if the movie contained scenes of him assaulting her, which he denies. He spoke to Rolling Stone about the allegations last year, and later issued a public apology.

biopic Straight Outta Compton, which omitted any mention of abuse. Dre resurfaced in 2015 with the release of the N.W.A. Dre in the early 1990s, when he and N.W.A. The one-time R&B star (1989s No More Lies) dated Dr. The story is about Michel’le Toussant and her abusive relationships with both Dr. Michel’le has spoken out repeatedly about her relationship with Dre, most recently in a Huffington Post interview on Friday, where she said Dre’s lawyer had asked the film’s producers to place a statement denying her account of events in the end credits. Surviving Compton aired this past weekend on Lifetime and got mixed reactions. Elsewhere, the film reportedly depicts Dre pulling Michel’le’s hair, punching her, and drawing a gun on her.Īccording to TMZ, Dre’s cease-and-desist letter “flatly denies” that he ever abused Michel’le, says Michel’le “never hinted at abuse or any type of violent behavior,” and claims that she “never sought medical treatment or filed a police report.” The trailer shows Dre, played by Curtis Hamilton, choking Michel’le, who is played by Rhyon Nicole Brown. According to the report, Dre believes Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le unfairly portrays him an abuser. Dre is threatening legal action against Sony Pictures over a new TV movie about R&B singer Michel’le, Dre’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of one of his children, TMZ reports.

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