Dr. Dre's Assault On Dee Barnes Removed From Original Straight Outta Compton Screenplay

Dr. Dre’s assault on female journalist Dee Barnes was reportedly included in an early Straight Outta Compton screenplay draft. Information on Dr. Dre’s history of abuse against women has re-emerged after the release of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton and his accompanying comeback album, Compton. Dee Barnes recently wrote an essay for Gawker, speaking in detail about the 1991 incident where Dre assaulted her, a moment in N.W.A history that doesn’t appear at all in the film. However,...