12/11/2016 12:30 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Jerry Heller‘s nephew wants a judge to let him create and run an estate for his late uncle … purely for the purpose of taking down Ice Cube and Dr. Dre in court.
Lawyers for Terry Heller filed docs Tuesday asking he be named executor of Jerry’s will — all because he plans to pursue the defamation suit against everyone behind “Straight Outta Compton.”
Sources close to Terry tell TMZ … all of Jerry’s assets were already put into a private trust before his death, and the only reason he’s doing this is to change the name of the plaintiff from Jerry to Jerry’s estate … ’cause dead guys can’t sue.
You’ll recall … Jerry sued Dre, Cube and other producers of ‘Compton’ for $110 mil last year, claiming the film falsely made him look like “the bad guy.” A judge has tossed most of the case since then, but there’s still 2 questionable scenes on the table.
Looks like Jerry’s fight to defend his name will live on … even after him.