Another attempt to disrupt Priscilla Rainey’s years-long collection effort has failed in California court. An appellate panel rejected The Game’s challenge to a judgment entered against him in a separate enforcement lawsuit, leaving intact orders Rainey has used to pursue assets connected to the $7.13 million sexual battery verdict she won nearly a decade ago.
The August 26 decision grew out of a 2021 lawsuit Rainey filed while trying to collect what she was still owed. According to AllHipHop, The Game, whose legal name is Jayceon Taylor, argued that a default judgment in that case should be thrown out because of problems with the way notice was mailed and published after attempts to serve him personally failed. California’s Second District Court of Appeal disagreed, finding the summons substantially complied with state requirements. He was also ordered to cover Rainey’s costs from the appeal.
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Rainey & Game Have Been At Legal Odd For Years
That leaves Rainey’s collection campaign moving forward at a moment when Taylor has returned with new music. The Documentary III arrived August 21, more than six years after a federal court gave Rainey control over L.A. Prolific Records and directed certain payments connected to Taylor and Born 2 Rap toward satisfying the judgment. AllHipHop reports that existing collection orders could potentially reach Taylor’s share of income generated by the new album, although the latest appellate decision does not specifically award The Documentary III or its royalties to Rainey.
The debt traces back to Rainey’s 2015 lawsuit over an incident that occurred while she was appearing on VH1’s She’s Got Game. A federal jury found Taylor liable for sexually battering her during filming that year and, in November 2016, awarded her $1.13 million in compensatory damages and $6 million in punitive damages. Taylor denied the allegations and later challenged the verdict, but the Seventh Circuit upheld it in 2019. That court was sharply critical of how he handled the litigation, noting that he skipped the trial after having previously evaded service and missed a settlement conference.
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Winning the verdict proved considerably easier than collecting it. Rainey has spent years pursuing Taylor’s music income and other property while alleging that assets were moved beyond her reach. Her efforts eventually extended to L.A. Prolific and Born 2 Rap royalties, with court orders instructing third parties to send qualifying money directly to her until the judgment is satisfied. By early 2025, AllHipHop reported that more than $500,000 had been redirected toward Taylor's debt.
With The Documentary III now commercially available, the question shifts back to enforcement. Whether specific revenue from the album is ultimately redirected will depend on how that income falls under existing orders, but the August 26 ruling leaves Rainey’s broader collection case intact.
