Man beaten in Zach Randolph's home tells police he was there to sell marijuana

Police are investigating some 20 people who attended a wee-hours party at Randolph's mansion Saturday, including members of his notorious "Hoops Family" entourage of friends. One Family member is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of a Portland nightclub bouncer in January. Another is the focus of a drug investigation in Indiana.

Beasley didn't return calls asking for comment. But his mother, Shigeko Beasley, said she holds Randolph responsible for what happens in his home, saying he should have stopped the attack. She accused Randolph of dodging his responsibility by hiding behind his money.

"This is not about his money," Shigeko Beasley said. "This is about who he is and what he does."

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On Monday, no one responded to repeated calls from the front gate at Randolph's mansion. Randolph's agent, Raymond Brothers of Beverly Hills, Calif., could not be reached for comment. Matt Tumbleson, the Grizzlies' corporate communications manager, said, "The team has no comment."

Police said the most recent incident began Friday night aboard a charter cruise of the Portland Spirit, which got under way on the Willamette River at 11 p.m. They said Beasley, an acquaintance and a cruise passenger, told them Randolph invited him to an after-cruise party at his mansion to sell marijuana.

Around 4 a.m. Saturday, something went wrong.

"Mr. Beasley said four to seven people jumped him and beat him bloody with pool cues," said Sgt. James Rhodes, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman.

But Beasley, already facing charges in an unrelated cocaine-dealing case pending in Multnomah County Circuit, didn't call 9-1-1. Instead, he left and went to a local hospital, where he was treated for head wounds and released.

At 2 p.m. Saturday, he called police, and detectives later obtained a search warrant for Randolph's home to seek evidence of an assault and drug activities.

"He said he knew Zach Randolph and that he was not involved," Rhodes said. "Therefore, he was not a suspect."