Courtroom Consequences That Hit Home
- A California judge ruled that rapper The Game must sell his $4M Calabasas mansion to satisfy a long-standing $7 million default judgment in a sexual assault case.
- The “Hate It Or Love It” rapper never responded to the lawsuit, allowing his accuser to win by default.
- His attempt to shield the home under California’s homestead exemption failed—court ruled he had no qualifying interest in the property.
By Samuel Lopez – USA Herald
CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA (USA Herald) — Years after brushing off a sexual assault lawsuit as nothing more than a money grab, rapper Jayceon Terrell Taylor—better known as The Game—is facing the full legal weight of his inaction. A California court has ordered the multi-platinum rapper to sell his prized Calabasas mansion to pay off a $7 million+ judgment awarded to his accuser, Priscilla Rainey.
The order is the latest development in a saga that began nearly a decade ago when Rainey accused The Game of inappropriately touching her during the filming of his VH1 reality show She’s Got Game in 2015. Despite his animated denials online, Taylor never formally responded in court, resulting in a default judgment.
Taylor was served and acknowledged the lawsuit publicly, even posting about it on social media where he called Rainey’s claims “lame” and accused her of chasing headlines and money.
“Don’t be fooled by these accusations or the dollar amount in the headlines cause I put that on my favorite aunties poodle this broad ain’t gettin s***! he posted on social media at the time.
“Every girl on that show will tell u I never touched this chick or ever desired to be anywhere near her. She got kicked off the show & as a result she filed this lame lawsuit which was probably her intentions before the show was ever even started.” Taylor said in 2015.
But despite the bravado online, Taylor never showed up in court, never filed a single pleading, and never contested the complaint or any of the allegations on the record. His absence handed Rainey a decisive legal victory by default in 2016. The court awarded her $1.13 million in compensatory damages and another $6 million in punitive damages.
