Video Game's Distribution Canceled After Actor Is Arrested
Japanese entertainment company Sega has canceled shipments of its video game “Judgment,” also known as “Judge Eyes,” after one of its actors was arrested on drug charges.
The health ministry’s drug division said actor and musician Pierre Taki, 51, was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of using cocaine.
The game made by Tokyo-based Sega Games Corp., creator of the “Sonic the Hedgehog” games, depicts a detective fighting crime in a fictitious town.
It went on sale in December in Japan and was set to ship overseas in June.
SEGA has announced that they will be halting all sales of Judge Eyes in Japan until further notice as a result of Pierre Taki getting busted for cocaine.
No word on if this will affect the US release.https://t.co/OkoKTVbYOb pic.twitter.com/6xAw9Yf33e
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Sega spokesman Hajime Oshima said Thursday that what’s already been sold and shipped to retailers will remain unchanged.
The company has apologized.
It said it was still studying what further action to take on the game.
Taki plays a gangster in the game, both as a computer graphic and voice actor. He has appeared in various movies, including the 2013 crime drama “The Devil’s Path,” and leads a techno band.
The maximum penalty upon conviction for using cocaine in Japan is seven years in prison.
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