Labor/Employment,
Entertainment & Sports
Aug. 11, 2017
Rapper objects to anti-SLAPP motion in Viacom case
Rapper The Game claims that Viacom’s negligent hiring is not protected as an act of free speech.
Whether casting a reality TV show contestant with a criminal past was negligence or an act in furtherance of free speech is the central question in a $20 million lawsuit filed against Viacom Inc. by the rapper The Game.
The dispute originates from “She’s Got Game,” a reality TV program that aired on Viacom’s VH1 Network in 2015. The show starred The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, and was premised on his travels with a grou...
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