Rapper The Game pleads not guilty in punching of officer
Rapper The Game, also known as Jayceon Terrell Taylor. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Rapper The Game, also known as Jayceon Terrell Taylor. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
LOS ANGELES » Rapper The Game has pleaded not guilty to charges filed after he was accused of punching and threatening an off-duty police officer during a basketball game.
The rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, entered the plea today in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Taylor was charged in June with one felony count of making criminal threats and a misdemeanor assault and battery charge over the altercation that occurred in March.
Los Angeles police officer Onyebuchi Awaji testified at a hearing earlier this month that Taylor threatened to kill him after punching him during the game after an intentional foul.
A judge ruled there was sufficient evidence for Taylor to stand trial on the charges. No trial date has been set and the 36-year-old is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 11.
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So many of these rappers are just bums who serve as poor role models for the young. I do not condone the use of firearms against unarmed mostly young black men, nor do I condone their generally disrectful behavior.