Fresh off of his victory in the
ring against Manny Pacquiao, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is facing
another battle, this one in the legal system. Mayweather has been slapped with
a $20 million by his ex-girlfriend Josie Harris, who claims Mayweather
defamed her during an April interview with Katie Couric.
In the suit, filed Tuesday in
Los Angeles Superior Court, Harris, who has three children with
Mayweather, claims that the boxer falsely painted her as a drug abuser
while discussing a 2010 domestic violence incident against Harris.
“Mayweather knowingly and
maliciously lied about his beating of Harris, disclaiming any
responsibility for the attack and Harris’ resulting serious injuries,”
the suit reads, “Instead, Mayweather pointed his finger at Harris,
labeling her as a drug abuser and an aggressor who the world-class boxer
had to ‘restrain.'”
In 2011, Mayweather was sentenced to 90 days in jail
after pleading guilty to a battery domestic violence charge in relation
to the 2010 incident, which took place in front of two of their
children.
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