Los Angeles police said Friday they have no plans to arrest rapper Game for an alleged assault at a Hollywood nightclub earlier this week.
Police said the man who initially accused the rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, of assault can still make a citizen's arrest, said Cmdr. Andy Smith. But so far he has chosen not to do so, Smith said.
A citizen's arrest is an arrest for a misdemeanor crime not witnessed by an officer.
Detectives initiated the investigation after the victim complained that Game allegedly struck him early Tuesday morning at the Colony nightclub on Cahuenga Boulevard, Smith said. Police chose not to arrest Game after speaking with both men about the incident.
Part of the incident was captured on video and shows the Grammy-winning rapper being restrained by apparent members of his entourage, Smith said.
Detectives are still interviewing witnesses, Smith said.
The incident follows use of Game's Twitter account earlier this month directing thousands of calls to the Compton sheriff's station. The tweet asked internship applicants to call the number, jamming the station's emergency line for at least two hours.
Game, a former shooting victim, was arrested in 2007 for threatening another player in a South L.A. basketball game with a handgun. He pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and was placed on three years' probation.
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