Filed under: The Game, Celebrity Justice, Twitter
The Game
is incredulous that cops want to charge him for allegedly inciting people on Twitter to harass the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, claiming he never sent the tweets in question.
Sheriff's officials are livid
after a tweet went out
from The Game's twitter account urging people to call the Sheriff's substation in Compton to get a rap internship.
But The Game tells TMZ he never authored the tweet in question...
Detroit Free Press — The Los Angeles County sheriff's department says The Game incited a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system. more info
ContactMusic — Rapper The Game is facing criminal charges after allegedly posting the number of a Los Angeles sheriff's office on Twitter. com and encouraging his fans to call in. The s... more info
TMZ — Filed under: The Game, Celebrity Justice, Twitter
Rapper
The Game
could face criminal charges after he tweeted the phone number of the sheriff'... more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Sheriff's Department said the rapper's tweet prank delayed their ability to respond to numerous emergency calls.
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Topix — The Game Could Face Charges for Tweeting Number for Sheriff's Office Posted by George H. Sirois on 08.13.2011 He says it was an accident... TMZ reports that The Game coul... more info
TMZ — Filed under: The Game, Celebrity Justice, Twitter
The Game
is incredulous that cops want to charge him for allegedly inciting people on Twitte... more info
TMZ — Filed under: The Game, Celebrity Justice
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department finds it interesting that The Game says he wasn't the one who Tw... more info
ContactMusic — Rapper The Game has blamed a friend for jamming the phone lines to the Los Angeles sheriff's office after inadvertently posting the number on his Twitter. com page. The D... more info
Guardian Music — Rapper denies jamming police phone lines by tweeting number of sherriff's office and telling his 580,000 followers to call itThe Game is under investigation by Los Angele... more info
E! Online — Was it a practical joke? A hacked Twitter account? Whether he was trying to be funny or not, The Game could seriously be charged for criminal annoyance.
The "How We Do"... more info
USA Today Music — A tweet from his account incited a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system at an L.A. sheriff's department.
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L.A. Times - News — L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials said they hope other celebrities with a large Twitter following learn from the case of rapper The Game, whose Twitter account s... more info
L.A. Times - News — Authorities wonder if legal action is possible after rapper's Twitter followers overwhelm Compton sheriff's station with calls. Some agencies are turning to social media ... more info