Rapper "The Game" is Sued for Defamation

E! Online reports that rapper, The Game, was sued for defamation, this week, by five North Carolina police officers who claim the rap artist made comments, last year, comparing them to the officers who arrested and brutalized Rodney King.

On October 28, 2005, The Game resisted arrest while being charged with disorderly conduct at a shopping mall where the rapper was wearing a Halloween costume. The cops claim the mall security officers asked The Game to remove his mask and he refused, using excessive profanity.

The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, and some of his associates are being accused of libel, slander and misappropriation of their image, by police officers Hein Nguyen, Matthew Brown, Ryan Childrey, Romaine Watkins and David Gregory, of Greensboro, for The Game's remarks on a television appearance in which he claimed he was only signing autographs at the Four Seasons Town Centre when the officers ganged up on him.

The police admit that, during the fight, Officer Watkins used pepper spray to fend off some of The Game's entourage when they "surrounded him in a threatening manner." According to the Greensboro News-Record, Watkins was investigated and cleared of any wrongdoing related to the case.

The officers were also upset by the release of a video of the arrest, which was shot by one of The Game's friends. They claim a website airing the recording states that it shows The Game "being wrongfully arrested and brutalized by the police in North Carolina." Parts of the video are also available on YouTube.com, a defendant in the suit, and the complete recording can be seen on the dvd, "Stop Snitching/Stop Lying."

The officers are requesting more than $10,000 each in damages and one of them claims he lost $7,500 in off-duty pay, since he was afraid to enter the mall again.

The Game's latest album, "Doctor's Advocate," is to be released on November 14th.