New Video of "Pacman" Jones "Making It Rain" in the Strip Club Surfaces

A bunch of new details are coming out about the 2007 strip club shooting involving former Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones.  The Vegas night started out promising for Jones:

After losing $50,000 or $60,000 gambling at Caesars Palace, according to statements, Jones went on a hot streak, winning $120,000 at the Palms hotel and casino.

But then he and his entourage joined Nelly, Jermaine Dupri, and Andre Johnson at the Minxx Gentlemen’s Club and Lounge and rain was truly made.  Hilariously egregious details, plus equally hilarious video of the evening fete, after the jump.  

Jones told police he arrived at the club with “close to $100,000.” He took $40,000 out of his Louis Vuitton bag and exchanged it for several stacks of $1 bills, which he put in a black trash bag, according to his statement. So much money was thrown onto the main stage that dancers, after their sets, started filling buckets with the loose bills covering the stage.

At one point, Jones told police, Dupri called him to the stage. Jones climbed the short steps while cradling “probably about $12,000 to $14,000,” according to one of his statements.

“Don’t start getting the money until I tell y’all to get off the stage,” Dupri said. “… Just keep f—ing dancing! Don’t bend down and try to get your money.”

You do not get to make it rain!  Jermaine Dupri decides when it rains!

According to court documents, Jones became angry when a dancer and a club promoter continued sweeping up the money he had thrown on the stage.

Two Minxx bouncers interviewed by “Outside the Lines” said Jones approached the dancer who was collecting the money, grabbed her by the hair and hit her in the face with a closed fist. Jones has denied attacking the entertainer. No charges have been filed.

Jesus.  After this, a bouncer tried to throw Jones out, at which point the player “bit [him] near his left ankle,” yelling, “I’m gonna kill ya. Matter of fact, all youse are gonna get it.”

Shortly after, at about 4:30 a.m., a gunman outside the club shot three people, including the bouncer and the shift manager, the latter of whom is now paralyzed from the waist down.

Jones’s retort to this version of the story is that he never made threats to anyone, the strippers started fighting amongst themselves over the money, somebody tried to steal his Hefty bag of ones, the club bouncers assaulted and choked him, and – the coup de grace – they called him racial slurs.  Oh, and then some guy other shot those people.

It’s a longish article but a worthwhile read if you have any interest in the case.

Also, the video.  I’ve never seen anyone actually just dump legal currency into a crowd, so it was an educational experience for me.  Also worth watching to hear an earnest-voiced white man intone the line “a strip club ritual known as ‘making it rain.’”  The video below may not work, but view it here.

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