Sega halts game shipment after actor arrested on drug charge
Posted March 14, 2019 1:17 am.
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TOKYO — Japanese entertainment company Sega has cancelled 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 spokesman Hajime Oshima said Thursday that what’s already been sold and shipped to retailers will remain unchanged.
The company has apologized.
Taki has appeared in various movies, including the 2013 crime drama “The Devil’s Path,” and leads a techno band.
The Associated Press
