You see, at least The Game thinks of something original to be arrested for - not the increasingly tedious erratic driving / drugs possession thing that Doherty persists with. Actually, this one is almost up there with DMX and his whole "I'm a secret agent, I'm going to drive through your barrier" thing.
The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor, was arrested last week for allegedly telling a taxi driver that he was an undercover police officer and that he should run through a series of red lights. The taxi driver reportedly sped through 13 blocs of New York after the rapper flagged him down, shortly after appearing on the Late Show With David Letterman. NYPD say Taylor is facing charges for impersonating a police officer.
The Game's lawyer disputes the charges however, claiming that the New York police had been following his client throughout his stay in the city desperate to arrest him for something - the specific incident, he says, was the fault of a terrible taxi driver. Lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman told reporters: "This is really a new low even for the NYPD. It's a big joke to harass him and other members of the hip-hop community, and ultimately arresting him. Let's see how funny they think it is during the cross-examinations of this trial".
Those cross-examinations should kick off on 12 Dec.
In unrelated yet related news, a business partner of The Game, who is involved in the recording studios founded by the rapper, the Black Wall Street East studios in Atlantic City, has been arrested over allegations he laundered money for the 9 Tre Gangsters, a faction of the Bloods street gang which police say deal drugs and guns across New Jersey. John 'Johnny' Hooks was also charged on Friday. No word as yet whether the authorities suspect The Game of any involvement in, or knowledge of the laundering Hooks is accused of.