She's Got Game

She's Got Game
Genre	Reality
Starring	The Game
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	VH1
Original release	August 10 (2015-08-10) – October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)

She's Got Game is an American reality television dating game show starring rapper The Game. The series premiered on August 10, 2015, on VH1. ^[1]

Contestants

Name	Eliminated
Rebecca Silvera	Winner
Briona Mae	3rd
Priscilla Rainey	Episode 6
Jennifer Acosta	Episode 8
Brittany Brickner	Episode 6
Brittany Anderson
Shay Malca	Episode 5
Sierra Alston
Melissa Howe	Episode 4
Kiki Hall	Episode 3
Destinee	Episode 2

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
1	"Meeting the Game" [2]	August 10, 2015 (2015-08-10)	1.95 [3]
2	"Rollin' with the Game" [2]	August 17, 2015 (2015-08-17)	1.90 [4]
3	"The Heat Is On" [2]	August 24, 2015 (2015-08-24)	1.67 [5]
4	"Game Changer" [2]	August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)	1.72 [6]
5	"What's Going Down" [2]	September 7, 2015 (2015-09-07)	1.56 [7]
6	"Sink or Swim" [2]	September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)	1.52 [8]
7	"Surprise, Surprise" [2]	September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)	1.58 [9]
8	"Mom Knows Best" [2]	October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	1.72 [10]
9	"Game Over"	October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)	N/A

Sexual Battery Lawsuit

Contestant Priscilla Rainey sued Jayceon Taylor, AKA The Game, after an incident in May 2015 during the production of the show. ^[11] Rainey alleged that during an off-camera date to a Chicago-area sports bar, Taylor repeatedly lifted her skirt and groped her buttocks, vagina, and breasts while the two of them were standing on a lighted stage area, exposing her to onlookers in the bar. Three days after the incident, Rainey confronted Taylor on the tour bus commissioned for the show while cameras filmed. In the video, which was shown as part of subsequent court hearings, one of the other contestants mentions Rainey had been on a date with Taylor, in violation of the competition's rules, and had returned to the cast hotel visibly upset. Rainey & Taylor then got into a heated argument, during which Taylor berated Rainey for speaking about the incident, then threatened to strangle Rainey if she did not exit the bus after Rainey described the events in explicit detail.

In August 2015, Rainey sued Taylor for sexual battery in a Chicago federal court. Taylor evaded being served with the lawsuit, with one process server making 41 attempts to deliver documents to his home in California. On February 1, 2016, the judge in the case entered a default judgment after Taylor failed to contact the court or enter a plea. Ten days later, Florida attorney Andrew Williams filed motions on Taylor's behalf to quash the service and vacate the default. The judge declined to quash but did set aside the default, scheduling trial for November 16. The judge also scheduled a mandatory settlement conference for June 16, which Taylor requested be rescheduled, claiming to fear for his safety due to Chicago's gun violence issue. The settlement conference was cancelled and never rescheduled. Taylor also filed a request for change of venue to Florida in July, and two motions for continuance in September & October, all of which were denied. Taylor made multiple posts about the case on social media, that included vulgar remarks directed toward Rainey.

Jury selection began on Monday, November 14 as scheduled. Taylor did not appear, with attorney Andrew Williams requesting a continuance and producing a note from an endodontist claiming Taylor required emergency care. The Judge called to confirm the story, and the endodontist stated that Taylor had called his emergency line around 6 p.m. Sunday evening. The plaintiff's attorney's responded by producing photos from Taylor's Snapchat account, showing him at an apparent nightclub, smoking an unknown substance at 2:44 a.m. that morning. The judge denied the continuance request, declaring his belief that Taylor had no intention of appearing in court. Taylor again failed to appear on Wednesday, November 16. Williams produced records of flight & hotel reservations as alleged proof of Taylor's intent to be in court, but the judge noted that the length of stay did not match the expected trial dates. The continuance motion was again denied, with the judge noting his belief that Taylor's alleged dental emergency was a "ruse." During the trial, Taylor never attended court. Taylor's defense attorney brought some witnesses via teleconference, but notably did not request permission to make Taylor available via the same method. The jury ultimately found in favor of Rainey, awarding $1.13 million in compensatory damages and $6 million in punitive damages.

Taylor appealed the ruling to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in 2019, citing the judge's refusal to reschedule the trial, the missing-witness instructions given to the jury, and the allowance of the bus video over Taylor's objections. The court turned down the appeal, noting that the trial scheduling is at the discretion of the judge, the need for missing-witness instructions was due to Taylor's own decision to skip court, and that the bus video had clear probative value.

References

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