Judgment, the upcoming detective brawler set in the Yakuza universe, has been pulled from sale in Japan after actor Pierre Taki was arrested for drug use in his native Tokyo.

As reported by Japanese news outlet The Mainachi, Taki – who plays Yakuza Kyohei Hamura in the game – was arrested late last night after his home was searched based on several tip-offs and later transferred to a police station in Tokyo’s Koto Ward on Wednesday after a urine test which turned up traces of cocaine.

Sega in Japan issued a brief statement later translated by Kotaku saying that they were removing the game from sale from both retail and digital outlets while the investigation is ongoing; drugs charges are very serious business in Japan, and if found guilty Taki could be facing a very lengthy prison sentence.

Sega has even gone so far as to remove tweets on Judgment, as per a tweet from their Japanese account along with the statement. 

 

販売自粛に伴い、『JUDGE EYES：死神の遺言』に関するツイート等は削除いたしました。何卒ご理解のほどよろしくお願いいたします。https://t.co/ET4m1CxJdz

— セガ公式アカウント (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) March 13, 2019

Judgment has been on sale in Japan since December, it’s currently not known exactly how or if this will effect the Western release which was only dated last week, but Wall Street Journal tech reporter Takashi Mochizuki stated in a tweet that Sega were ‘discussing what to do’ with no decision having yet being made on the fate of the highly anticipated game. Pierre Taki also voices Olaf in the Japanese version of Frozen including in Square Enix’s recent Kingdom Hearts 3, so it’s not currently known if that game may be affected too.

Sega: discussing what to do with western release of its “Judgement” game after a related Japanese actor’s arrest. No decisions made yet.

— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) March 13, 2019