Court Forces The Game to Sell Calabasas Mansion

Rapper Jayceon Terrell Taylor has been court-ordered to sell his Calabasas Mansion to satisfy a $7 million judgement. The years-long suit was brought by Priscilla Rainey, who says the rapper sexually assaulted her on the set of his VH1 reality TV series, ‘She’s Got Game.’

The Game denied the allegations made against him, but failed to appear in court in 2016 when the case went to trial. He also failed to attend any related hearings—leading to a default judgement against him in 2018. Rainey was awarded $1.13 million in compensatory damages and $6 million in punitive damages. Now nearly ten years later, The Game has failed to make any payments toward the judgement.

A California judge approved Rainey’s request that the rapper be required to sell his house in Calabasas in order to finance the judgement. This attempt is what prompted The Game to respond in court, citing the home as his primary residence.

Under California law, a homestead exemption means primary residences cannot be force-sold to satisfy a legal judgement as long as the home equity is less than or equal to the exemption amount. The maximum protected equity amount is $722,507. The four-bed, five-bath property is valued at $4 million according to its Zillow listing.

The Game’s legal team argued that the property was owned by JTT Holdings, a company in which he has equity. However, the court determined that JTT Holdings is a shell company and that the mansion could be forcibly sold to cover the judgement. Rainey’s legal team argued that the rapper’s transfer of ownership to his manager Cash ‘Wack 100’ Jones was a ‘bona fide gift’ and an attempt to shield the property from seizure—which the court agreed.

The court order finds that the rapper “does not have a qualifying interest in the property that would allow him to claim the homestead exemption,” so the entire balance of the home if sold could be used to satisfy the legal judgment. If the house is sold for its Zillow value, The Game will still be a few million short of satisfying the judgement.

“If the proposed sale of the dwelling is likely to produce a bid high enough to satisfy the homestead exemption and any outstanding liens or encumbrances senior to the judgement creditor’s lien while still leaving ‘some amount available to satisfy even a ‘part’ or the judgment creditor’s lien, then the court must grant the application for sale,” the documents state.