The Game entered a not guilty plea today (December 21) in the case where he punched an off-duty police officer during a basketball game, the Associated Press reports.
The Game was charged with one felony count for making criminal threats and a misdemeanor charge for assault and battery.
Earlier this month, a judge ruled that the Compton, California rapper will face trial for the incident. There is no start date set yet, but The Game will appear back in court January 11.
(This article was last updated on August 15, 2015 and is as follows.)
The Game says that he is facing three years jail time for punching an off-duty police officer during a basketball game.
“It’s a little bit more serious than it is,” he says to Sway, “but we’re gonna go in there with a good team of lawyers and we’re gonna do what we can.”
He also says he goes to trial Monday (August 17) for a $4.5 million lawsuit that 40 Glocc filed against him in 2013.
(The last update to this story was published on June 29, 2015 and is as follows.) Compton, California rapper The Game was accused of punching another player during a Pro-Am basketball game in Hollywood Sunday (March 29). “Game was playing in a Pro-Am game Sunday at Hollywood High School when he got into a heated argument with another player,” TMZ reports in an article published today. “We’re told Game threatened to kill the guy, punched him in the face and took off.” The police are investigating this incident as battery. The rapper, real name Jayceon Taylor, was reportedly participating with his team La Familia in the JBL National Pro-Am Basketball League. The Game explains in a social media post that he will no longer play in the Drew League. “WE WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING in the #DrewLeague this year due to us & Nike not being able to agree on a certain issue,” The Game says on Instagram. “See, the problem with homegrown organizations is once they go corporate, it takes the raw, original format & waters it down until it becomes something forced versus something that was REAL, AUTHENTIC & for the neighborhood. We as people that grew up in Compton & the surrounding areas must put our foot down & stand up to big companies & their politics in order to not lose ourselves, our culture & the things we enjoy the most that were created in the hood, FOR THE HOOD. I brought NBA ALL-STAR players from Kevin Durant Paul George & James Harden to helping Lebron & Kobe make Drew League appearances & never wanted anything for my contribution but to see CHILDREN SMILE at being able to see their favorite professional athletes in their neighborhood playing basketball without having to pay.” According to the JBL League’s Facebook page, The Game scored 30 points in his first game. He says he hopes to give back to the community through his appearances. “My only mission with the Drew & other leagues around LA is to give back to the youth in my city & cities surrounding it & be a positive force for my community,” The Game continues. “This was recently compromised by Nike reps overseeing The Drew & today I had to remove myself from contributing my time & hard work as well as withdraw both of my teams #LaFamilia & #TheRobinHoodProject… If you want to see me & #LaFamilia we will be in the #JBL.”
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(March 30, 2015)
UPDATE: The Game may have punched a police office during a Pro-Am basketball game in Hollywood Sunday (March 29), according to TMZ.
A video of the alleged punch has been released by the site.
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(March 31, 2015)
Update #2: TMZ reports charges were filed against Game for punching an off-duty police officer, Onyebuchi Awaji, during a basketball game on March 29. Awaji is claiming that Game’s punch may have caused him brain damage.
(April 6, 2015)
UPDATE #3: The Game has been charged with a felony for making criminal threats stemming from his alleged involvement in a March 29 incident in which he allegedly punched an off-duty police officer, according to TMZ.
A warrant has also been issued for the Compton, California rapper’s arrest.
(June 5, 2015)
UPDATE: #4: The Game pled not guilty in a Los Angeles court today (June 29) to the charges facing him regarding his alleged involvement in a March 29 incident in which he allegedly punched an off-duty police officer, according to the Los Angeles Times.
game needs to grow up and act his age
GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THEESE NICCAS
lolllll
Game is a closet homo
GAYME STR8 GAY LIKE ME
didnt he pull a gun over a ball game back in the day?
“We’re told Game threatened to kill the guy, punched him in the face and took off.”
but i bet game will be at the next #blacklivesmatter rally when a white cop shoots a black kid once every 8 months when you got black ppl killing black ppl daily talking about ‘black lives matter, hurts to see my brothers being killed’ and then proceed to blame the white man.
you sound guilty. you tom’d out over something huh? because what you said had nothing to do with punches flying at a b-ball game, happens quite often and we gonna see some more with the nba playoffs coming soon. now go get ya soul right
Havin a bad day? Let us talk about it…
right? in these clowns minds its only tragic when a white person shoots a black person. ^^^ and this smgdh clown, why’s he “tom’d” out? because he acknowledges that black people should be accountable for their actions, and that it is not ok that they shoot each other so constantly, and that they have a stupid double standard for black on black vs. white on black crime? you are an uncle tom for supporting the oppression of black people, because you aren’t outraged that they kill each other at the highest rate of any race. get your shit together, CLOWN.
@ gnucca please…what the fuck is this ”boo-hoo blacks can shoot us but we can’t shoot them” bullshit? and what the fuck does that have to do with a disagreement game had with some dude on a b-ball court you fucking idiot? Stop reaching & race-baiting little man.
Now back to actual topic…Yea game did some dumb shit here but let’s be real If 50 did this, you’d be suckin his dick saying how ”gangsta” he is. “the last real gangsta left” & all this bullshit, so ‘Shut Ya Bloodclart Mouth”
i brought it up because game made that wack song “don’t shoot”. he is upset when a cop shoots a black kid, but condones black on black violence, and civilian on cop violence. and um, no, where do you get the idea that i would take 50’s side, i like game more than him, lmao. well as a teen i did at least. no self respecting grown man listens to gangsta rap.
lol Game reminds me of that nigga in the movie “Fresh”. When the youngin was playing Bball with the older dude and the old nigga lost against him. Then he got mad and shot the lil nigga.
WTF IS WRONG WIT “EM!?? SOMBODY GET GAME HIS MEDICINE !!!!
Ugh. This guy is a fool par excellence. He couldn’t keep his emotions in check during a basketball game, argues with a player from the opposing team (which is perfectly fine as long as you don’t take things too far), sucker punches said player, runs away, fails to take responsibility for his actions by LYING about the lead up to the punch (Game claims he punched the man after the man raised his fist up toward him) which was caught on TAPE. lol
lol Game is one silly muthafukka
game take this L..FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO DROP DUDE WITH A SUCKER PUNCH…
Gave dude brain damage doe i say that’s worse lil homey
No game is a sorry excuse to be straight up nigga can’t get out the hood with that shit. He going to find a nigga who really about that life and send him 6ft under its a matter of time.smh grown ass nigga still acting like he in a corner broke and young. Dumb fuck no game!
I will never understand some of the shit Game does, like this for instance. You can take a nigga out the hood but cant take the hood out a nigga!
At some point in your life as a grown as man with children you have the responsibility of showing them how to act better than you did growing up. This type of shit happens on the basketball court in the hood when you young and people start talking that ‘cash money bullshit’ then you have to knock a motherfuka out because he coming at you but believe me it never, ever ends well!! This was an organized league with grown ass men playing ball…There is no excuse Game!!!!!
when entertainers you admired as a teen still act as immature as you did when you listened to them. didn’t game make that song “Don’t shoot” this past summer? acting all solemn about cop on civilian violence, but then goes and loses his temper like this, but in this case violence is ok. as long as its not white on black, no songs need to be made dedicated to the victim. what a hypocritical loser. grow the hell up game, you have kids, they need a good example.
Wow, bunch of lames here. Game is a real nigga and other dude wasn’t, simple as that. Fuck that dude’s kids, he should be ashamed he reproduced.
Thanks for the wisdom and wise words to help strengthen our community “Real Nigga”
Your mom should’ve swallowed you when she had the chance.
Didn’t Game publicly diss Lebron’s mom in Goblins and Martians with Tyler the Creator so why did Lebron come to his game?
Didn’t Game publicly diss lebron’s mom in goblins and martians so why is lebron working with him?
I respect that he stood up for himself. Why talk it out? Black men must rep and stand up for they hood.
I feel the same way i cant be faded and serving time aint nothing to me. I rather do a bid than raise my kids. Street cred is more important and street knowledge you cant learn that in schools.
I would rather do a bid then raise my kid? Wow that says alot.
Dude is damn near 40 and still trying to be a “thug”…he needs to grow up and realize that no one will ever believe he is the person he claims to be when he raps..no matter how hard he tries to be.
so let me guess, the adult and mature thing to do is comment on social media about someone else’s headlines like you have the full information and would do better in any situation or circumstance. ok.
True, I do not know the full information, but I do know that I would not react that way regardless of the circumstances because I am an adult. When you get here, you’ll see what I mean. But I will give you this, I did lose some IQ points by commenting not once, but twice on this article.
game not hood like his brother said real hood dudes dont go all out trying to be seen think about it game is a try hard.he NEVER HAD TO hustle to eat NEVER.
Chuck was piru way before he was rapper Game, u talkin on person you dont know anything about kid
actually base knowledge game was with that party crew before he was piru..I’m from Westside Compton brah…Big face said it right homie don’t a real gangster…don’t get me twisted i know a lot of cats that don’t bang but still about that life and that’s how i see the game
look at all the morally correct nobel peace prize winners commenting but no one knows you in your community
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It’s almost like Game WANTS to go to jail. The things he does and says publicly. Or maybe they’re right about him and he is truly bi-polar. Maybe a schizophrenic, his actions sure do back that up.
felony fights niggas
lol game wants to be 25 so bad..
he only cares about black lives when its white people
talks about caring for his people and wonders what he needs to do for change..then raps about killing mfs..
50s right hes go the deepest bi polar issues in the wrodl
Chuck already caught too many felonly cases he need chill little I guese it piru in em make him crazy.
This nigga got cold history with police man.
he got mad songs wit officer ricky
GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS.
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Whats with people saying game should grow up? If someone is frontin, then nothin wrong with puttin that nigga in check.
Game dont fuck around.. unlike these other candy rappers
y’all stupid..Game isn’t a gangster..you cats are fooled…I’m from hubcity…it’s gangster to punch somebody and then run haha
actually its called assault and it’s illegal.
A word to the wise…………….GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS
punching someone cause they’re pissing you off has nothing to do with being ganster.
Some of these rappers are dumb you can’t just punch people just becuz u got fist.
lol atha police na Naija Guy.. e go die 4 dere. lol
ironically, the cop has a nigerian name & should, at least, be of nigerian descent.
Game > u p*ssy bois.
Dox 2 on the way biiiiiitch
lol @ u fuckin pussy ass haters “its assault”, “u cant punch a cop like that” . HE`S A FUCKIN PIG, COME ON. Guarntee if u homo niggas idol Fiddy Snitch punched a cop yall would be singing praises, trying to swallow his dick as deep as yall could. But wait, fiddy has cops on his team plus all his lil snitch connects. Smfh.
Peep this……………………………….GAME STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS
How much money did hey pay dem 2 cover his black Ass?
more shit show drug raps from this flamer?…. lock him up and he can be just like his idol SUGE… the world wont blink, trust me……
jesus piece was a classic though
jesus piece is his 3rd best.
Ya all trippin game is tha homie he been in the hood erryday giving it back to us. Big blood got his fam over here. #cedar #bompton
oh word whiteboy? how you gonna write cedar and bompton in the same sentence? you mean bedar? fuckin amateur
Remember to use correct spelling when you rep your set duh! They teach you that in the 4th grade
Hes goinng to lose the 40 glocc lawsuit for sure. Epic fail
Even though I’m not feeling the first single he dropped for the new album Game has always been a very fucking consistent artist. Whether you hate or love the consistency of what he does or not is regardless; you always get a Game album. Although I seem to think Jesus Piece was weaker than some of you guys. I’d take LAX over it but whatever.
In regards to the actual story: LOLZ. Game straight punched that dude right in the face. Cop or not, that’s how it goes when you’re playing B-Ball like a bitch haha j/k
They’ll use it as a cash grab and fine him something retarded like 1.5 million.
Game gonna be bankrupt and in prison LOLOL g-g-g-g-g-g-unit!
surprised u can even breathe, with 50 dick wedged so far down ya throat. smh
funny how 50 went bankrupt too
Like Hov said to him “u young niccaz won’t last in this game” n it turned out to be true
Game a G and he aint broke like fake ass 50 snitch.
I saw the video of Game SUCKER PUNCHING the OLD guy from the back. What a fucking pussy. Anybody supporting Game is as fake as him, fuckibg posers
dboi, i bet he still takes dick when he gets locked up. fiddy or no fiddy. gaymes grabbin them ankles
I aint never wish jail on a nigga, but god damn its gonna be so nice having this fruitcake away from being heard for a few years
He looked more gangsta with a butterfly on his face. I heard the butterfly on his fave was named Ice Cube
He looked more gangsta with a butterfly on his face. I heard the butterfly on his face was named Ice Cube
Listen to all the nobel internet warriors on here lmaoooooo
Can you keep us updated with Game’s situation daily??